| character assassination(noun, expression, idiom, smear, reputation) |
| slander(noun, verb, abuse, remark, disparagement) |
| defamation(noun, abuse, slander, disparagement, vilification) |
| denigration(noun, abuse, slander, disparagement) |
| blackening(noun, smear) |
| detraction(noun, abuse, smear, slander, disparagement) |
| dirty politics(noun, expression, smear, blackening) |
| mudslinging(noun, smear, blackening) |
| name-calling(noun, smear, blackening) |
| revilement(abuse, slander, disparagement) |
| smear(disparagement, vilification, defamation, blackening) |
| smear campaign(expression, abuse, smear, slander, disparagement) |
| vilification(abuse, slander, disparagement, defamation) |
| abuse(noun, slander, disparagement) |
| ad hominem(noun, expression, smear, blackening) |
| aspersion(noun, abuse, slander, disparagement, vilification) |
| attack |
| backbiting(abuse, slander, disparagement, vilification, defamation) |
| backstabbing(abuse, slander, disparagement, vilification, defamation) |
| calumny(noun, abuse, slander, disparagement, vilification) |