Definition of whispering campaign
: the systematic dissemination by word of mouth of derogatory rumors or charges especially against a candidate for public office
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Examples of whispering campaign in a Sentence
He was the target of a whispering campaign started by his political rivals.
Recent Examples of whispering campaign from the Web
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Those can range from civil and criminal action to public condemnation and social-media whisper campaigns.
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His aggressive, spare-no-expense style of campaigning for his films sometimes stirred animosity and created a kind of arms race with other distributors, and he was accused on a number of occasions of starting whisper campaigns against rival films.
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First Known Use of whispering campaign
1920
WHISPERING CAMPAIGN Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of whispering campaign for English Language Learners
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: an effort to spread rumors about someone in order to hurt that person's reputation
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