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Vilifier

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vil·i·fy  (vl-f)
tr.v. vil·i·fied, vil·i·fy·ing, vil·i·fies
To make vicious and defamatory statements about. See Synonyms at malign.
[Middle English vilifien, from Late Latin vlificre, to hold cheap : Latin vlis, cheap; see wes-3 in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficre, -fy.]
vili·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.
vili·fier n.
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Noun1.Vilifier - one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libelvilifier - one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
backbiter, defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer
depreciator, detractor, disparager, knocker - one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, anc transgender people have been vilifier by presidents and political leaders which has led to a culture of intolerance," said Paula Ettelbrick, executive director of IGLHRC.
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The World Bank, the WTO and the pro-free-trade first-world press have pulled out all the stops in their efforts to portray the protestors as a rag-bag of luddites, protectionists and economic illiterates, only to find that the protest movement had put down roots in so many separate areas of social life -- churches, unions, students, the professional-managerial classes -- that such misconstruction merely damaged the credibility of the vilifiers.
PRAGUE AUTUMN by Rundle, Guy / Arena Magazine
 
 
 
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