Vilification vs Anathematization - What's the difference?
vilification | anathematization | Synonyms |
The act of anathematizing; vigorous denunciation.
* 1864 , , Our Mutual Friend , ch. 2:
* 1916 , , Little Journeys Vol. 4: Eminent Painters , "Michelangelo":
Anathematization is a synonym of vilification.
As nouns the difference between vilification and anathematization
is that vilification is slanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination while anathematization is the act of anathematizing; vigorous denunciation.anathematization
English
Noun
(en noun)- "He burst in on his father, and pleaded his sister's cause. Venerable parent promptly resorts to anathematization , and turns him out."
- Michelangelo very naturally seconded the anathematization of the Bolognese by Julius, not so much for the insult to the Pope as for the wretched lack of taste they had shown in destroying a work of art.