character assassination
character assassination noun: a malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.
Noun
character assassination (countable and uncountable, plural character assassinations)
- A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.
- For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured...2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian
- Synonyms:
- demonization, demonizing, hit job, smear campaign, swiftboating, vilification
character assassination meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Indonesian
character assassination in Tamil
- ஆளுமை அழிப்பு, பண்பைக் குலைத்துச் சொல்லுதல்
character assassination in Kannada
- ಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯವಧೆ, ಕೀರ್ತಿವಧೆ
character assassination in Arabic
- malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
- اِغْتِيَال شَخْصِيَّة iḡtiyāl šaḵṣiyya
character assassination in Indonesian
- malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation
- pembunuhan karakter
Synonyms of character assassination
Forms of character assassination
| plural | character assassinations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | character-assassination |
Words formed from character assassination
Questions about character assassination
- What does character assassination mean?
- Character assassination means a malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.
- What is character assassination in Tamil?
- Character assassination in Tamil is ஆளுமை அழிப்பு, பண்பைக் குலைத்துச் சொல்லுதல். See Character assassination meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is character assassination?
- Character assassination is a noun.
- What is the plural of character assassination?
- The plural of character assassination is character assassinations.
Words near character assassination in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: character assassination (page history and authors); character assassination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); character assassination (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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