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pile-on
[ pahyl-on, ‐-ɲ ]
noun
- the action of followers who join a hostile group in harshly criticizing or judging a less dominant group or individual, sometimes gloating over that group’s or person's defeat or diminished standing (often used attributively): Social media encourages a kind of pile-on mentality that is very unforgiving of mistakes and flaws.
Long after the merciless baiting ceased to be funny, her critics continued to join the pile-on.
Social media encourages a kind of pile-on mentality that is very unforgiving of mistakes and flaws.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pile-on1
Example Sentences
The replies to the post were a pile-on of angry demands that Patel focus instead on arresting Clinton and various other prominent figures they believe were involved in an international pedophilia blood-drinking cult with Epstein.
The tension over a security guarantee was behind Trump’s and Vice President JD Vance’s February Oval Office pile-on that humiliated Zelensky and sickened U.S. allies.
The nation’s political thermostat is not broken, and Susan Crawford didn’t need to join the pile-on against trans folks or clap while Trump’s goon squads disappear immigrants who are here legally into Salvadoran gulags in order to win this election.
Others defended her, and expressed discomfort at seeing such a young actress suffer a pile-on.
Some, like Luxford, argue that some of the pile-on comes from "a place of prejudice".
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