character assassination
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character assassination
noun character assassinations · character-assassination
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A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.
For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured women
Similar: demonization, demonizing, hit job, smear campaign, swiftboating, vilification
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noun malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
| Español | difamación |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 人格謀殺 /人格谋杀 réngé móushā |
| Français | diffamation, médisance |
| Deutsch | Rufmord, Diffamierung |
| العربية | اِغْتِيَال شَخْصِيَّة iḡtiyāl šaḵṣiyya |
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@misc{character_assassination_2026,
title = {character assassination},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/character%20assassination},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
