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диффама́ция — meaning in English

diffamatsiya

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English meaning

  • defamation noun The act of damaging someone's reputation through false statements, spoken or written.
  • denigration noun The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
  • libel noun A false published statement — written, printed, or pictured — that damages someone's reputation.

Senses

диффама́ция is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • denigration The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.

denigration — full definition

  1. noun The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
  2. noun An unfair criticism.

Related Russian words