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vilification

[vil-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌvɪl ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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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

Her co-star Brandon Sklenar this week also spoke out about what he saw as the vilification of Lively.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024

Such vilification is proved off the mark by the fact that poverty-stricken Mississippi has relatively few homeless people.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2024

Vehemently arguing against Dobyns, Denevan, Crosby, Cook, and Borah was David Henige, of the University of Wisconsin, whose book, Numbers from Nowhere, published in 1998, is a landmark in the literature of demographic vilification.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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