Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The quality of being vitriolic; a tendency to be bitter and ill-natured.

  2. (rare, uncountable)Synonym of vitriolage (“The act of vitriolizing someone; the act of committing an acid attack”).

Origin

From vitriol (“sulfuric acid”) + -ism.

From vitriol (“sulfuric acid”) + -ism.

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