Merriam defines
- hate as “intense hostility …” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hate
- hostility as " deep-seated … ill will" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hostility
- ill will as “unfriendly feeling” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ill will
So hate is just the extreme end of an “unfriendly feeling” which is synonymous to a negative feeling. We can go “golden middle” on this and say that moderate negative feelings are ideal, but even the moderate form seems synonymous to bias or prejudice.
- bias as “an inclination of temperament or outlook” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bias
- bias as “to give a settled and often prejudiced outlook to”
demonization is a psychological term. It is also related to dehumanization. Love/hate distorts perception… and this is seen a lot in memes such as “chad-incel” formats where theres an idealized figure and a devalued one. It is also related to “splitting” aka idealization-devaluation. As another example, a lot of anti trump images are distorted and grotesque. It makes him appear more monsterish which resembles demons. Because it is trendy, you also see this with memes distortig the face of Charlie Kirk.
I dont know demonology or the history of demons & satan. I respect your expertise on the matter.