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character assassinations

character assassinations is the plural of character assassination.

Meaning of character assassination

Noun

character assassination (countable and uncountable, plural character assassinations)

  1. (idiomatic) 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

Questions about character assassinations

What is character assassinations the plural of?
Character assassinations is the plural of character assassination.

Words near character assassinations in the dictionary

  1. character assassinate
  2. character assassinated
  3. character assassinates
  4. character assassinating
  5. character assassination
  6. character assassinations
  7. character beat
  8. character cell
  9. character cells
  10. character class
  11. character classes

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