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  • noun Plural form of vilification.

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Examples

  • But the rumours that had been spread demonizing him, along with the vilifications of the Tory press, not only hurt his pride but seriously obstructed his ability to earn a living.

    william hazlitt | the man of letters « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

  • But the rumours that had been spread demonizing him, along with the vilifications of the Tory press, not only hurt his pride but seriously obstructed his ability to earn a living.

    March « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

  • One of the first vilifications of absinthe was an 1864 experiment in which a certain Dr. Magnan exposed a guinea pig to large doses of pure wormwood vapor and another to alcohol vapors.

    The Rise and Fall of the Green Fairy Heather McDougal 2008

  • One of the first vilifications of absinthe was an 1864 experiment in which a certain Dr. Magnan exposed a guinea pig to large doses of pure wormwood vapor and another to alcohol vapors.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Heather McDougal 2008

  • The eulogies and vilifications are flip sides of the same coin, and are founded on the misconception that the chief executive of a longstanding global company with tens of thousands of employees, hundreds of senior managers and an army of expensive external consultants, has anywhere near the dramatic impact we are led to believe.

    David Bolchover: Tony Hayward and Those CEO Myths David Bolchover 2010

  • The eulogies and vilifications are flip sides of the same coin, and are founded on the misconception that the chief executive of a longstanding global company with tens of thousands of employees, hundreds of senior managers and an army of expensive external consultants, has anywhere near the dramatic impact we are led to believe.

    David Bolchover: Tony Hayward and Those CEO Myths David Bolchover 2010

  • If you will forgive my presumption, I think that he is right to take issue with the taunts and vilifications against Sen Clinton and her supporters.

    Obama, McCain Carry Hart's Location 2009

  • Therefore, turning toward those who are prolonging a fratricidal conflict, who are organizing lamentable attacks in Metropolitan France, or who are spreading through the chancelleries, through underground dens, by means of the radios and the newspapers of certain foreign capitals-vilifications of France, to those I say: Why kill?

    Daniel Bruno Sanz: The Fool's Errand 2009

  • They hear "newscasters" preface opinions and vilifications that could and should be attributed to specific sources, if uttered at all, with negligent, cowardly qualifying phrases such as "Some people think ..." and "Some are saying ...."

    Kathleen Reardon: "Some Say" Ignorance Is Bliss 2008

  • Institute your purges, your vilifications, GRAB that power that is rightfully yours!

    Parsing Palin’s ‘For Naught’ - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

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