vilification
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Foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said Monday that "the narrative of a so-called Chinese spy is entirely baseless vilification and smearing."
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
De Wilde said that between January and August 2024, Barton published 48 posts relating to Aluko on his X account, adding that he had "carried out a deliberately targeted public campaign of vilification".
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
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
“We are concerned by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants. We are concerned about the conditions in detention centers and the lack of access to pastoral care.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
“In his life, President Johnson endured the vilification of those who sought to portray him as a man of war,” Nixon said.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing vilification
Margaret Chase Smith's "Declaration of Conscience" (1950)
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New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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