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单词 vilification
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Definition of vilification in English:

vilification

noun ˌvɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌvɪləfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • Abusively disparaging speech or writing.

    the widespread vilification of politicians
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have gone through financial ruin, personal vilification, the distress and dismay of my family.
    • No exaggeration or vilification directed their way is too outrageous for consideration.
    • This campaign of vilification has had two main sources.
    • He has faced public humiliation and vilification with the same equanimity that he received public acknowledgement and praise.
    • But on the face of it, the content of the books did not appear to constitute racial vilification or incitement to violence, he said.
    • For this disinterested behaviour their reward has been a campaign of vilification and innuendo which has left both of them feeling angry and betrayed.
    Synonyms
    condemnation, criticism, censure, castigation, denunciation, vituperation, abuse, flak, defamation, denigration, disparagement, obloquy, opprobrium, derogation, slander, revilement, reviling, calumny, calumniation, execration, excoriation, lambasting, upbraiding, a bad press, character assassination, attack, invective, libel, insults, aspersions
    informal mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, tongue-lashing
    British informal stick, verbal, slagging off
    archaic contumely
    rare animadversion, objurgation
 
 

Definition of vilification in US English:

vilification

nounˌviləfəˈkāSH(ə)nˌvɪləfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
  • Abusively disparaging speech or writing.

    the widespread vilification of politicians
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For this disinterested behaviour their reward has been a campaign of vilification and innuendo which has left both of them feeling angry and betrayed.
    • But on the face of it, the content of the books did not appear to constitute racial vilification or incitement to violence, he said.
    • I have gone through financial ruin, personal vilification, the distress and dismay of my family.
    • He has faced public humiliation and vilification with the same equanimity that he received public acknowledgement and praise.
    • This campaign of vilification has had two main sources.
    • No exaggeration or vilification directed their way is too outrageous for consideration.
    Synonyms
    condemnation, criticism, censure, castigation, denunciation, vituperation, abuse, flak, defamation, denigration, disparagement, obloquy, opprobrium, derogation, slander, revilement, reviling, calumny, calumniation, execration, excoriation, lambasting, upbraiding, a bad press, character assassination, attack, invective, libel, insults, aspersions
 
 
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