vilification
noun
vil·i·fi·ca·tion
ˌvi-lə-fə-ˈkā-shən 
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warned that the constant vilification of candidates for public office was undermining the people's faith in the political system
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The continued vilification of immigrants only serves to harm American families, communities, and our economy.
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Businesses benefiting from minority funding programs are also in line to experience the shockwaves of the President’s vilification of what fellow conservatives view as the infiltration of wokeism into American culture and politics necessitating an end to policies promoting affirmative action.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The way such seed oils are typically made also contributes to their vilification.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Jan. 2025
This charge, no less than a modern-day blood libel, is just the latest attack in Amnesty's longstanding campaign of lawfare against and vilification of the State of Israel, having previously accused the Jewish state of the equally unfounded charge of apartheid.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Businesses benefiting from minority funding programs are also in line to experience the shockwaves of the President’s vilification of what fellow conservatives view as the infiltration of wokeism into American culture and politics necessitating an end to policies promoting affirmative action.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The way such seed oils are typically made also contributes to their vilification.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Jan. 2025
This charge, no less than a modern-day blood libel, is just the latest attack in Amnesty's longstanding campaign of lawfare against and vilification of the State of Israel, having previously accused the Jewish state of the equally unfounded charge of apartheid.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Vilification.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vilification. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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