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Diffamierung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • defamation noun The act of damaging someone's reputation through false statements, spoken or written.
  • slander noun A false spoken statement that damages someone's reputation.

Senses

Diffamierung is used for these senses in English:

  • character assassination (idiomatic) A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.
  • defamation The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.

slander — full definition

  1. noun A false spoken statement that damages someone's reputation.
  2. verb To make a false and damaging spoken statement about someone.

Related German words