different between innocence vs daimonic

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Etymology

Old French inocence, from Latin innocentia. Displaced native Old English uns?yld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?sn?s/

Noun

innocence (countable and uncountable, plural innocences)

1. Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.

   Synonym: unguilt

   Antonym: guilt

2. Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.

   Synonym: naivety

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:innocence.

3. Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.

   Synonym: harmlessness

   Antonym: harmfulness

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:innocence.
4. (obsolete) Imbecility; mental deficiency.

Related terms

• innocent

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French inocence, a borrowing from Latin innocentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n?.s??s/

Noun

innocence f (plural innocences)

1. innocence

Derived terms

• présomption d'innocence

Related terms

• innocent

Further reading

• “innocence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

daimon +? -ic; from Latin demon (“spirit”), originally from Ancient Greek ?????? (daím?n, “a god, goddess, divine power, genius, guardian spirit”). Doublet of demonic.

Pronunciation

• (dî-mòn´îk)
• Hyphenation: dai?mon?ic

Adjective

daimonic (comparative more daimonic, superlative most daimonic)

1. In the way of a daimon; befitting a demon; fiendish.
2. Motivated by a spiritual force or genius; inspired.

Noun

daimonic (uncountable)

1. (psychology) The unrest that exists in us all which forces us into the unknown, leading to self-destruction and/or self-discovery.
2. (psychology, spirituality, mythology, literature) The journey and transition from innocence to experience; part of the process of individuation.
3. (mythology, literature) The place where light and dark meet.

Quotations

• Stephen A. Diamond, Ph.D., Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic: The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil, and Creativity. Foreword:

  The daimonic (unlike the demonic, which is merely destructive) is as much concerned with creativity as with negative reactions. A special characteristic of the daimonic model is that it considers both creativity on one side, and anger and rage on the other side, as coming from the same source. That is, constructiveness and destructiveness have the same source in human personality. The source is simply human potential.

• 1969. Rollo May, 1969, Love and Will, p. 126-130:

  The daimonic needs to be directed and channeled.... Our age is one of transition, in which the normal channels for utilizing the daimonic are denied; and such ages tend to be times when the daimonic is expressed in its most destructive form.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “demon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Rollo May, Love and Will, ISBN 393-01080-5. p. 123-124.

Anagrams

• Dominica