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Before answering the question, note that the word in question is not demonic, from the Greek word daimon, meaning a deity (remember that the Greek gods were notoriously jealous and greedy), but demotic, from the Greek word demos, meaning the people — the same root as democratic.
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Michael Barone, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
Michael Barone, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daimon
Noun
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That angel was Karol Zwierzyński, then a 26-year-old living in Poland.—
Shafiq Najib,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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There’s a bit of fantasy in this novel as Vivian ascends to the Beyond, a purgatory of sorts, where she is guided by an angel figure named Martha.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Each suite comes with its own Suite Ambassador, a personal genie who grants every wish (minus the smoke and lamp).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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The genie’s out of the bottle, and there’s no putting it back.—
Craig Carton,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In the glass, Eda’s reflection hovered like a pale-haired wraith.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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On his journey, Geralt slices up several soldiers, a giant, ogre-like creature and a ghostly wraith.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Nov. 2025
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The cast also includes franchise familiars Courteney Cox, Scott Foley, Mason Gooding, and Jasmin Savoy Brown.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the composer also makes great use of the saxophone, which playfully dances through melodies that transport the viewer back to the swinging '60s and evokes the spirit of Henry Mancini.—
Alex Galbraith,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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At the bottom it could be motivated by the needs of the human spirit, some Wellsian desire to push out to the stars.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly known as the giant phantom jelly, was filmed at 250 meters below the surface.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Old Town The belltower looms like a phantom.—
Chen Yuhong,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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More recently, the specter of legal actions surfaced in a much lighter vein.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Katerra still hangs over the industry like a specter.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In the centuries-old Cape Town Muslim community of my childhood, none of this was particularly unusual; older people spoke freely about ghosts or jinn, counseling us to take precautions of prayers, salt, incense, to limit our interaction with them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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By the time Laras is making like Linda Blair, malicious jinn power resisting that of Almighty Allah, the film has already gone down a familiar path of grotesque makeup, stunts and digital FX.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Daimon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daimon. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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