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whisper campaign

whisper campaign noun: a method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.

Noun

whisper campaign (plural whisper campaigns)

  1. (idiomatic) A method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.
    • Senator Harding will not authorize his headquarters to take public notice of the “whispering campaign.” There has been a difference of opinion among his advisers as to whether to ignore the slanders or to produce evidence disproving them.1920 November 1, “Harding Ignores ‘’Whisper’ Campaign”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 Aug 2009, page 1
    • Both publicly and in a particularly unscrupulous whisper campaign the Liberals tried to change the aspect from one of folly to one of personal corruption and some of this got through to the voters.1976 February 12, Donald Horne, “The campaign of the media”, in The Age, Australia, retrieved 17 Aug 2009, page 8
    Synonyms:
    rumor campaign

whisper campaign meaning in Kannada

whisper campaign in Kannada

ಪಿಸುಮಾತಿನ ಅಪಪ್ರಚಾರ, ರಹಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರಚಾರ

Synonyms of whisper campaign

Forms of whisper campaign

pluralwhisper campaigns
alternative formwhispering campaign

Questions about whisper campaign

What does whisper campaign mean?
Whisper campaign means a method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.
What is whisper campaign in Kannada?
Whisper campaign in Kannada is ಪಿಸುಮಾತಿನ ಅಪಪ್ರಚಾರ, ರಹಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರಚಾರ. See Whisper campaign meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is whisper campaign?
Whisper campaign is a noun.
What is the plural of whisper campaign?
The plural of whisper campaign is whisper campaigns.

Words near whisper campaign in the dictionary

  1. Whisnants
  2. Whisner
  3. Whisners
  4. whisp
  5. whisper
  6. whisper campaign
  7. whisper campaigns
  8. whisper down the lane
  9. whisper interpreting
  10. whisper network
  11. whisper networks

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