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vilification

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


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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 Coomer’s lawyers insisted the Stupid Defense couldn’t excuse the vilification of Coomer or the impact on his reputation.

From Slate Jun. 25, 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

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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