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calumny

 
Dictionary: cal·um·ny   (kăl'əm-nē) pronunciation
n., pl., -nies.
  1. A false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation.
  2. The utterance of maliciously false statements; slander.

[Middle English calumnie, from Old French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvī, to deceive.]


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Conservative Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak slammed the Senate debate on President Bush's judicial nominees using a word referring to malicious lies:

"As Democrats engaged in calumny, Republican corrections of their misstatements went unnoted and generally unheard. The real debate was behind closed doors..."

Link: Supreme Court lurks as real issue

Posted May 24, 2005.

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the malicious uttering of false charges calculated to damage another's reputation
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IN BRIEF: A false and malicious statement meant to injure someone's reputation.

pronunciation No calumny was used to win the election.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bagtalelse
v. tr. - bagtale, bagvaske

Nederlands (Dutch)
laster(praat), zwartmakerij, roddel

Français (French)
n. - calomnie
v. tr. - calomnier

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verleumdung
v. - verleumden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συκοφαντία, διασυρμός

Italiano (Italian)
calunnia, diffamazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - calúnia (f)

Русский (Russian)
клевета

Español (Spanish)
n. - calumnia, difamación
v. tr. - decir calumnias

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förtal

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
诽谤, 中伤, 毁谤, 恶言重伤

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 誹謗, 中傷
v. tr. - 毀謗, 惡言重傷

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 중상
v. tr. - 중상하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 中傷, 誹謗, 悪口

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) افترا, قذف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עלילה, דיבה‬
v. tr. - ‮הלשין, הוציא דיבה‬


 
 
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