character assassination

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character assassination Meaning of "character assassination"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

Synonym(s)

blackwash

Usage(s):

  1. Her family is a storied one, albeit the kind of stories that involved yellow journalism, character assassination, political manipulation and gossip mongering.
  2. The man under questioning called the proceeding a character assassination.
  3. Political character assassination was alive and well long before cable TV and the Internet.
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denigrate
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