Character Assassination synonyms
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personal-attack
(Idiomatic) An effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.
ad hominem
Of or relating to ad hominem.
An unfair criticism
Slanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination
A damaging or disparaging remark; slander; innuendo
The definition of calumny is a lie or the act of saying a lie that is intended to be hurtful.
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Defamation is defined as the act of ruining someone's reputation through slander or libel.
The act of detracting something, or something detracted.
attack (related)
The experience or beginning of a feeling, need, or desire:
law (related)
An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure:
Present participle of blacken.
dirty politics
(Slang) Foul play, misconduct.
dirty tricks
(Informal) Unethical or illegal tactics, specif., such tactics used to discredit, harass, etc. one's political opponents
muckraking
Present participle of muckrake.
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The practice of making unscrupulous, malicious attacks against an opponent, as in a political campaign
slanderous attack
A small quantity of some substance, as blood, smeared on a slide for microscopic study, etc.
A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
(Law) Oral communication of false and malicious statements that damage the reputation of another.
Find another word for character assassination. In this page you can discover 28 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for character assassination, like: personal-attack, smear campaign, ad hominem, denigration, vilification, aspersion, calumny, defamation, detraction, scandal and traducement.
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