English > defamation: 2 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A false / false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions. |
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| Synonyms | calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job |
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| Narrower | character assassination, assassination, blackwash | An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation |
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| libel | A false / false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person |
| name, epithet | A defamatory or abusive word or phrase |
| name calling, names | verbal abuse |
| slander | words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another |
| smear, vilification, malignment | slanderous defamation |
| Broader | disparagement, depreciation, derogation | A communication that belittles somebody or something |
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| Spanish | calumnia, difamación, maledicencia, traducement |
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| Catalan | calúmnia, difamació, maldiença, maledicència, traducement |
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| Verbs | defame | charge falsely / falsely or with malicious intent |
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