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    TRADUCEMENT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actionsplay

    Synonyms:

    calumniation; calumny; defamation; hatchet job; obloquy; traducement

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("traducement" is a kind of...):

    depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "traducement"):

    assassination; blackwash; character assassination (an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation)

    malignment; smear; vilification (slanderous defamation)

    libel (a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person)

    slander (words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another)

    name calling; names (verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument)

    epithet; name (a defamatory or abusive word or phrase)

    Derivation:

    traduce (speak unfavorably about)

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