defamation

Signification (Anglais)

The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.

Concepts

diffamation

calomnie

médisance

offense

outrage

dénigrement

médisent

médisons

injure

insulte

Synonymes

slander

calumny

libel

calumniation

aspersion

obloquy

traducement

denigration

vituperation

false charge

abuse

reproach

censure

insult

vilification

hatchet job

scandal

affront

reviling

ill-report

revilement

detraction

reproof

smear

violation

character assassination

roorback

waste

crimination

bad words

misspeaking

calumniousness

injury

backbiting

belittlement

billingsgate

blacken

blame

brickbat

charge

curse

damage

defilement

derogatory

desecration

despite

discredit

disparagement

false accusation

flout

Traductions

Verleumdung

diffamazione

difamación

Diffamierung

difamação

δυσφήμηση

laster

συκοφαντία

calunnia

calumnia

Ehrenkränkung

Verunglimpfung

difamació

falsche Anschuldigung

smaad

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à français: diffamation

In summary

From Old French diffamacion (French diffamation), from Latin diffāmātiō. By surface analysis, defame + -ation.