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An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil. / (now chiefly historical) A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.

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demon

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demon

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdiː.mən/

Noun

historical in-plural Greek

Japanese Meaning

地獄に住んでいる、または地獄のために働く邪悪な霊、すなわち悪魔。 / （現代では主に歴史的な用法）偽神や偶像、サタン的な神格。

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The old legend warned that a demon would haunt the valley at midnight.

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古い伝説は、真夜中に悪魔がその谷を徘徊すると警告していた。

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Sense（1）

An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil.

Sense（2）

(now chiefly historical) A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.

Sense（3）

A very wicked or malevolent person; also (in weakened sense) a mischievous person, especially a child.

Sense（4）

A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw.

The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.

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Sense（5）

(in the plural) A person's fears or anxieties.

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Sense（6）

A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse.

Oh Anthony […] Thy Dæmon that thy spirit which keepes thee, is Noble, Couragious, high vnmatchable.

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Sense（7）

(Greek mythology) A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided Socrates, telling him what not to do.

Sense（8）

A spirit not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being.

Sense（9）

A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.

Let the orders now be that each demon is to stop all molecules from crossing his area in either direction except 100 coming from A, arbitrarily chosen to be let pass into B, and a greater number, having among them less energy but equal momentum, to cross from B to A.

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