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character assassination

noun

: the slandering of a person usually with the intention of destroying public confidence in that person

Example Sentences

None of those rumors are true. She's been the victim of character assassination. the actor's lawyers charge that the tabloid engaged in a deliberate campaign of character assassination
Recent Examples on the Web The Bronson administration at the time called the accusations false and an attempt at character assassination. Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2022 Partisan politics have become a multi-million dollar modern day gladiator sport of character assassination, and to the wealthy victor go the spoils. Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022 The impression Princeton is creating is that elite institutions are now moving into punishing dissent from the leftist catechism by veering off into character assassination. The Editors, National Review, 23 May 2022 Three months after Omarova withdrew her nomination, Sarah Bloom Raskin endured a similar character assassination. Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2022 But such hopes ignore the corrosive impact of recent nomination fights -- which ended with Democrats accusing the GOP of stealing seats and conservatives claiming nominees endured character assassination. Stephen Collinson, CNN, 27 Jan. 2022 The Bronson administration has called the accusations false and an attempt at character assassination. Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2021 But how many of those barbs were simply attempts at character assassination isn’t clear. NBC News, 18 Oct. 2021 In February 2021, Timberlake publicly apologized for his involvement in Spears's character assassination in the 2000s. Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 14 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of character assassination was in 1822

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