Defamation

//ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "defamation" (46 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(4 words)

calumny vilification aspersion abuse affront attack

Strong matches (13)

backbiting backstabbing belittlement blackening character assassination defamation of character defilement denigration depreciation detractor

Noun(3 words)

calumniation denigration detraction

Related words (23)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

4 entries

attack depreciation derogation disparagement

Synonyms

3 entries

aspersion calumny vilification

Related terms

2 entries

defamatory defame

derived

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antidefamation cyberdefamation

is a

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disparagement

related to

4 entries

defamatory defame reputation slanderous

Translations

108 translations across 51 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

shpifje noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Arabic

3 entries

اِفْتِرَاء noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
بُهْتَان noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
تَشْهِير noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Armenian

1 entries

զրպարտություն noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

böhtan noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
iftira noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
şər-böhtan noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Belarusian

3 entries

нагаво́р noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
намо́ва noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
паклёп noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Bulgarian

3 entries

клевета́ noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
ху́ла noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
хула́ noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Catalan

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difamació noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

毀謗 /毁谤 noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
誣蔑 /诬蔑 noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
誹謗 /诽谤 noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Czech

2 entries

kleveta noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
pomluva noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Danish

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bagvaskelse noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Dutch

3 entries

belastering noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
laster noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
smaad noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Esperanto

1 entries

kalumnio noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Faroese

1 entries

ærumeiðing noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Finnish

3 entries

herjaus noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
kunnianloukkaus noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
solvaus noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

French

1 entries

diffamation noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Georgian

4 entries

დისკრედიტაცია noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
დიფამაცია noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
რეპუტაციის შელახვა noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
ცილისწამება noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

German

3 entries

Diffamierung noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
Schmähung noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
Verleumdung noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Greek

3 entries

δυσφήμιση noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
συκοφαντία noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
συκοφαντική δυσφήμιση noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Hebrew

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הַשְׁמָצָה noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Hindi

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मानहानि noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Hungarian

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rágalmazás noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Indonesian

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defamasi noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Irish

2 entries

aithisiú noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
clúmhilleadh noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Italian

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diffamazione noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Japanese

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中傷 noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
名誉毀損 noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
誹謗中傷 noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Kazakh

1 entries

жала noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Korean

4 entries

명예 훼손 noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
비방 noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
손가락질 noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
중상 noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

жалаа noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Latin

2 entries

diffāmātiō noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
obtrectātiō noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Macedonian

1 entries

клевета noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Malay

1 entries

fitnah noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Malayalam

2 entries

അപകീർത്തി noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
മാനഹാനി noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Māori

2 entries

haohao noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
orohanga noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

bakvaskelse noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
ærekrenkelse noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
ærekrenking noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

ærekrenking noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Persian

3 entries

اِفتِرا noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
بُهتان noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
تُهمَت noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Polish

2 entries

oszczerstwo noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
zniesławienie noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Portuguese

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difamação noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Romanian

2 entries

calomnie noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
defăimare noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Russian

4 entries

диффама́ция noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
клевета́ noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
нагово́р noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
поклёп noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

klèveta noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
ȍbjeda noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
клѐвета noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
о̏бједа noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Slovak

3 entries

hanobenie noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
klebeta noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
ohováranie noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Slovene

1 entries

kleveta noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Spanish

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difamación noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Swedish

2 entries

förtal noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
ärekränkning noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Tajik

4 entries

бадномкунӣ noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
буҳтон noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
ифтиро noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
туҳмат noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Thai

1 entries

หมิ่นประมาท noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Turkish

2 entries

hakaret noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
iftira noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Ukrainian

2 entries

на́клеп noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
по́клеп noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Uyghur

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بەتنام noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Uzbek

3 entries

boʻhton noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
iftiro noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
tuhmat noun (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Sample sentences

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The daughter of envy is defamation.

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Sami and Layla conspired together to organize a defamation campaign against Farid.

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When sued for defamation, Tucker Carlson offered the defense that no reasonable person would believe anything he says.

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When sued for defamation, Sidney Powell offered the defense that no reasonable person would believe anything she says.

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