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Meaning of daimon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈdʌɪməʊn/

Definitions

  1. Synonym of demon, particularly as
  2. A tutelary deity or spirit that watches over a person or place.
    Greek

Examples

“Love, as we know it in the book, is a daimon which possesses and undoes each of its victims.”
“All at once, my daimōn—that other Me over whom I button my waistcoat when I button it over my own person—put it into my head to look up the story of Madame Saqui.”
“The object which first appears is adopted as the personal mystery, guardian spirit, or tutelary daimon of the entranced, and is never mentioned by him without first making a sacrifice.”
“Marcus Aurelius is persuaded that God gives every man a special daimon as his guide – a belief which reappears in the Christian guardian angel.”
“He will release his pent-up rage and fear no evil, for his genius is with him, and his daimon bids him violate all the taboos of the literary marketplace.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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