demonology

DEE-muh-NAH-luh-jee

meaning in plain English

The study of demons and how people thought they could call them up or make them obey.

Picture a demon school—demonology is the class where you learn to call up and command those spooky students.

for example

My uncle wrote a whole book on demonology after years of collecting old stories about ghosts and spirits.

Imagine someone spending their life reading old scary books just to learn how to talk to demons. Why would anyone bother? Because demonology promises power over the unseen world, even if it’s just in stories.