blackguardism

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Noun
  • Both players have been regular targets for fan criticism over their attitude this term.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • But that market has faced growing criticism for its dependence on mass production and cultural appropriation — and a portion of travelers are responding by spending their money differently.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • After two months, her streams of heart and kiss emojis gave way to rivers of invective.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • At one point, the crew shot a scene in which Whalen’s character joins a bar fight, shouting invectives at a hapless extra before pummelling him to the ground.
    Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The non-inclusion of the church among other Christian denominations created a backlash on social media and drew strong rebukes from Mormon members of Congress who urged the Pentagon to update the list.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 8 June 2026
  • Nowhere have such spats been more ironic than in Vance’s rebuke of the pope.
    Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • If Trump is at all interested in avoiding further excoriation at home, brevity must be his priority.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • There’ve been the usual marches around the country, signs, excoriations from members of Congress, all under the same umbrella of resistance.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.
    Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The judiciary's system for policing misconduct includes punishment such as informal warnings and public reprimands.
    Carrie Johnson, NPR, 9 June 2026
  • The board issued Walton a formal reprimand Monday, June 1, and ordered her to complete continuing education credits on ethics, professionalism and boundaries.
    Amber Gaudet June 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Johnson works in the mental health field, helping people on their recovery journey from substance abuse, anxiety, alcohol.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
  • In 2019, Colorado lawmakers extended the statute of limitations on failure to report child abuse from 18 months to three years.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • Not everyone on the right is onboard with the Kimmel castigation.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The standoff centered on the now-former assistant attorney general’s public and internal castigation of pediatric gender medicine.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Blackguardism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackguardism. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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