Defamation

Noun

 * 1) Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.
 * 2)  Any claim alleging that forms of speech are false, have caused damage to reputation or emotional distress, have presented any person in a false light, or have resulted in criticism, dishonor, or condemnation of any person.

Synonyms

 * slander
 * detraction
 * calumny
 * aspersion
 * See also Thesaurus:slander

Related terms

 * defame
 * defamatory

Thesaurus
attack, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, blackening, calumny, character assassination, defamation of character, defilement, denigration, depreciation, disparagement, malicious defamation, muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling, revilement, scandal, slander, smear, smear campaign, smear word, tale, vilification

Translations

 * Amharic: ስም ማጥፋት
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: difamació
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 誹謗, 诽谤
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: belastering
 * Finnish: kunnianloukkaus (legal term), herjaus, solvaus (common terms)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: δυσφήμιση, συκοφαντία, συκοφαντική δυσφήμιση
 * Hebrew: השמצה (hashmatza)
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kanji: 名誉毀損
 * Hiragana: めいよきそん
 * Romaji: meiyokison
 * Korean:
 * Hangul: 중상
 * Romaja: jungsang
 * Latin: diffamatio, obtrectatio
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , клевета
 * Spanish: