vilification

Example Sentences

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She has them read books such as The Crucible and the Lord of the Flies to teach about the dangers of mass hysteria and group vilification.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2025

There followed a statement by U.S. bishops condemning what they called the vilification and arbitrary treatment of migrants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

But some say the vilification of developers is misplaced.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

He suggests that his main priority has been to avoid the kind of "campaign of vilification" that the Sun unleashed on his predecessors Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2024

Despite the taint of ain’t from its origin in regional and lower-class English, and more than a century of vilification by schoolteachers, today the word is going strong.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker