verb
traduce
Traduce (verb) means to malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
verb
1
To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
"Now, I hold no candle for the train operators, and I think that in the main they have been far too craven about any government proposals. But in this instance, they have been badly traduced, led up the hill, and then chucked back down it."
— Christian Wolmar, Ministers should carry the can for ticket office fiasco (2023)
"Someone must have traduced Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning."
— W. & E. Muir, transl (1935)
"Clayton interrupted him. “Stop!” he cried. “Stop! What manner of cur are you that you traduce the character of a good woman whom we believe dead! God! I was a fool ever to let you live—you are not fit to live even in this vile land.”"
— Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan (1913)
2
(dated) To hand something down, for example to one's children or later generations.
3
To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.
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Etymology
Came from Latin trādūcō (“carry over; lead as a spectacle, dishonor”), from trāns plus dūcō (“to lead”). It is a doublet of transduce, from Latin trānsdūcō.
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What is the meaning of traduce?
"traduce" (verb) means to malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
What is another word for traduce?
Other words for "traduce" include malign, badmouth.
What is the opposite of traduce?
Opposites of "traduce" include praise, eulogize, commend.
What are the different meanings of traduce?
"traduce" has 3 main meanings: 1. To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements; 2. (dated) To hand something down, for example to one's children or later generations; 3. To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.
