Dictionary

character assassination en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Meanings

1. (countable, idiomatic, uncountable) A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.
   • For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured women" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing "a sad mistake" in trying to run in Paris. 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

character-assassinate

Synonyms

demonizing · demonization · vilification · swiftboating · smear campaign · hit job

Translations (18)

nl karaktermoord (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · is mannorðsmorð (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · fr diffamation (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · hu karaktergyilkosság (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · de Rufmord (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · cmn 人格謀殺 /人格谋杀 (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · ka რეპუტაციის შელახვა (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · de Diffamierung (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · ar اِغْتِيَال شَخْصِيَّة (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · fi mustamaalaus (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · sv karaktärsmord (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · es difamación (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · nb karakterdrap (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · ka დემონიზაცია (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · pl oczernianie (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · id pembunuhan karakter (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · fr médisance (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation) · ka სახელის გატეხა (malicious discourse designed to damage someone's reputation)