vilification
noun
vil·i·fi·ca·tion
ˌvi-lə-fə-ˈkā-shən 
Examples of vilification in a Sentence
warned that the constant vilification of candidates for public office was undermining the people's faith in the political system
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In an interview with Variety published this week, Smollett spoke of his public vilification.
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Dan Heching, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Cue user fury, Main Street vilification and congressional grillings, including questions over the suicide of a young Robinhood options trader.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
One of Trump’s problems in his second term, though, is that this daily stream of vilification is, by now, a very familiar script.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 17 July 2025
The law declares the value of the families that LGBTQ people create at a time when the federal government has marked people who are not straight and cisgender as targets for vilification and exclusion.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
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Dan Heching, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Cue user fury, Main Street vilification and congressional grillings, including questions over the suicide of a young Robinhood options trader.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
One of Trump’s problems in his second term, though, is that this daily stream of vilification is, by now, a very familiar script.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 17 July 2025
The law declares the value of the families that LGBTQ people create at a time when the federal government has marked people who are not straight and cisgender as targets for vilification and exclusion.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for vilification
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“Vilification.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vilification. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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