character assassination
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nounDefinition of CHARACTER ASSASSINATION
: the slandering of a person usually with the intention of destroying public confidence in that person
See Examples of CHARACTER ASSASSINATION
- None of those rumors are true. She's been the victim of character assassination.
- <the actor's lawyers charge that the tabloid engaged in a deliberate campaign of character assassination>
First Known Use of CHARACTER ASSASSINATION
1944
Related to CHARACTER ASSASSINATION
- Synonyms
- aspersing, blackening, calumniation, calumny, slander, defamation, defaming, libel, libeling (or libelling), maligning, smearing, traducing, vilification, vilifying
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