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calumny::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aspersion, defamation, denigration, slander |
| Type of | attack |
| Derivation | calumniate, calumnious |
calumny::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | calumniation, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement |
| Type of | disparagement, depreciation, derogation |
| Has types | vilification, blackwash, character assassination, assassination, epithet, libel, malignment, name, name calling, names, slander, smear |
| Derivation | calumniate, calumnious |
Examples of calumny
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That Bob bears this calumny testifies to the sadomasochistic nature of their bond.
From the newsday.com
Why is it that I have to live with this burden of calumny and slander and omissions?
From the time.com
After all, one person's affectionate hectoring can be another person's base calumny.
From the washingtonpost.com
Give me meretricious and quotidian and calumny and inchoate, but not roster.
From the mattcutts.com
This is a blasphemous and perverted understanding of God, a calumny of God.
From the foxbusiness.com
It would be a mistake and a calumny to suggest that this was the Pietersen of yore on show.
From the independent.co.uk
Tancredi, appearing in disguise, also believes this calumny, but fights for her honor anyway.
From the online.wsj.com
That was a calumny, a libel and a ferocious mugging of memory itself.
From the washingtonpost.com
To answer this calumny against the media, today I present a glowing review of Cheney's book.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Defamation: a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
- Aspersion: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
- Defamationu2014also calumny, vilification, and traducementu2014is the communication of a false statement that harms the reputation of an individual person, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation.
- A falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another; false charges brought about to tarnish another's reputation or standing
- To dream that you are the subject of calumny, denotes that your interests will suffer at the hands of evil-minded gossips. For a young woman, it warns her to be careful of her conduct, as her movements are being critically observed by persons who claim to be her friends.
- Is expressed by the word Ghibah, which means anything whispered to the detriment of an absent person, although it be true. Buhtan expressing a false accusation. It is strictly forbidden in both the Qur'an and Hadis. [GHIBAH.]
- A false statement which harms the reputation of others and gives occasion for false judgments concerning them.
- Sundering another person's reputation with false, or more often, subtly misleading statements. (v - calumniate)
- Accountancy, cruet, slander, disaster
