"defamation" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions (synset 106732328)
is a type of: depreciation, derogation, disparagement - a communication that belittles somebody or something
subtypes:
- assassination, blackwash, character assassination - an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
- malignment, smear, vilification - slanderous defamation
- libel - a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
- slander - words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
- name calling, names - verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
- epithet, name - a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
same as: calumniation, calumny, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement
An abusive attack on a person's character or good name (synset 101222825)
is a type of: attack - strong criticism

same as: aspersion, calumny, denigration, slander