"villainize" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "villain + -ize",
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  "etymology_text": "From villain + -ize.",
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    {
      "form": "villainizes",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "villainizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "villainized",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "villainized",
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        "past"
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      "expansion": "villainize (third-person singular simple present villainizes, present participle villainizing, simple past and past participle villainized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "villainization"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Richard H. Reeves, Business, commerce, and social responsibility: beyond agenda",
          "text": "Managers and leaders villainize those who interfere with their needs and desires — those who do not support the organization. Workers and outsiders villainize managers and leaders for not sharing benefits and rewards created by business.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To represent as a villain."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "villain",
          "villain"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To represent as a villain."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "demonize"
        },
        {
          "word": "vilify"
        }
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "villainise"
        }
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  "word": "villainize"
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      "word": "villainization"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From villain + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "villainizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "villainizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "villainized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "villainized",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "demonize"
    },
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      "word": "vilify"
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        {
          "ref": "1997, Richard H. Reeves, Business, commerce, and social responsibility: beyond agenda",
          "text": "Managers and leaders villainize those who interfere with their needs and desires — those who do not support the organization. Workers and outsiders villainize managers and leaders for not sharing benefits and rewards created by business.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To represent as a villain."
      ],
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        [
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          "villain"
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        "(transitive) To represent as a villain."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "villainise"
    }
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  "word": "villainize"
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