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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vindictiveness
Noun
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What’s been really interesting to me about the Blake situation is how much of the hatred against her is coming from women.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
28 Mar. 2025 -
Parents today must understand that hatred, bigotry and violence aren’t just things that children can learn directly from their upbringing.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Everything about the movement surprised political observers: its virulence, its magnitude, its provincial origins, its apparent lack of structure and leadership, and its adamant refusal to be co-opted by existing political parties and unions.—
Arthur Goldhammer,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2018
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An ePPP is a pathogen that has been modified to enhance its transmissibility and virulence.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Judges who have ruled against the administration have been the target of increasing vitriol.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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As a society navigating the choppy waters of quick-draw feuds and biting vitriol—no matter the triviality or seriousness of the topic in question—we are often cowered into joining the chorus versus belting out a solo for fear of being singled out.—
Christina L. Sgro,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Limited social mobility leads to alienation of the disenfranchised, and ossification.—
Suwanna Gauntlett,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The alienation of children from the values and traditions of their parents is a central subject of modern Yiddish literature—most famously in Sholem Aleichem’s stories about the dairyman Tevye and his daughters.—
Adam Kirsch,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Fear and loathing grip L.A. hotels as Trump deportation threats loom.—
Hunter Clauss,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2025
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The progressive fear and loathing of Elon Musk now may be greater than that directed at Donald Trump.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Vindictiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vindictiveness. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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