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VILIFICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vilification mean?
• VILIFICATION (noun)
The noun VILIFICATION has 2 senses:
2. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
Familiarity information: VILIFICATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slanderous defamation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
malignment; smear; vilification
Hypernyms ("vilification" is a kind of...):
calumniation; calumny; defamation; hatchet job; obloquy; traducement (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)
Derivation:
vilify (spread negative information about)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A rude expression intended to offend or hurt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
abuse; contumely; insult; revilement; vilification
Context example:
they yelled insults at the visiting team
Hypernyms ("vilification" is a kind of...):
discourtesy; disrespect (an expression of lack of respect)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vilification"):
low blow (unscrupulous abuse)
billingsgate; scurrility (foul-mouthed or obscene abuse)
cut; stinger (a remark capable of wounding mentally)
invective; vitriol; vituperation (abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will)
Derivation:
vilify (spread negative information about)
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