defamation

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
• Syn:
aspersion, calumny, slander, denigration
• Derivationally related forms:
denigrate (for: denigration), defame, slanderous (for: slander), slander (for: slander), calumnious (for: calumny), calumniate (for: calumny), asperse (for: aspersion)
• Hypernyms:
attack
2. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
• Syn:
calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job
• Derivationally related forms:
traduce (for: traducement), calumnious (for: calumny), calumniate (for: calumny), defame
• Hypernyms:
disparagement, depreciation, derogation
• Hyponyms:
character assassination, assassination, blackwash, smear, vilification,
vilification, libel, slander, name calling, names,
name, epithet

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  aspersion, calumny, slander, denigration, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job