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defamatoriness

defamatoriness noun: the quality of being defamatory.

Noun

defamatoriness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being defamatory.

Origin of defamatoriness

From defamatory + -ness.

Questions about defamatoriness

What does defamatoriness mean?
Defamatoriness means the quality of being defamatory.
What part of speech is defamatoriness?
Defamatoriness is a noun.

Words near defamatoriness in the dictionary

  1. defamates
  2. defamating
  3. defamation
  4. defamations
  5. defamatorily
  6. defamatoriness
  7. defamatory
  8. defame
  9. defamed
  10. defamer
  11. defamers

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