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A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, idiomatic, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: assassination, blackwash
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
اِغْتِيَال شَخْصِيَّة
(iḡtiyāl šaḵṣiyya)
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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Chinese Mandarin:
人格謀殺 /人格谋杀
(réngé móushā)
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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Dutch:
karaktermoord
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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Finnish:
mustamaalaus
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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French:
diffamation
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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French:
médisance
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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Georgian:
რეპუტაციის შელახვა
(reṗuṭaciis šelaxva)
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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Georgian:
დემონიზაცია
(demonizacia)
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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Georgian:
სახელის გატეხა
(saxelis gaṭexa)
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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German:
Rufmord
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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German:
Diffamierung
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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Hungarian:
karaktergyilkosság
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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Icelandic:
mannorðsmorð
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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Indonesian:
pembunuhan karakter
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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Norwegian Bokmål:
karakterdrap
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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Polish:
oczernianie
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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Spanish:
difamación
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
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Swedish:
karaktärsmord
— malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation