real villain

Frequency: 7.813.5 per million words

The person or thing that is the true cause of a problem.

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  • He felt that the insurance companies were the real villains in all this.
  • Many argue that deforestation is the real villain behind climate change.
  • The report identified systemic corruption as the real villain hindering economic growth.
  • At the end of the story, the seemingly innocent character turned out to be the real villain.
  • We need to address the root causes; poverty, not immigration, is the real villain.
  • For many students, procrastination is the real villain preventing academic success.
  • Don't blame the employees; poor management is often the real villain in a failing company.
  • The detective quickly realized that the apparent victim was, in fact, the real villain of the crime.
  • While sugar gets a bad rap, processed foods are often the real villain in modern diets.
  • It took years for them to understand that their own fear was the real villain holding them back.