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36 entries under noun topic. ×
| character assassination(expression, idiom, smear, reputation) | |
| slander(verb, abuse, remark, disparagement) | |
| defamation(abuse, slander, disparagement, vilification) | |
| denigration(abuse, slander, disparagement) | |
| blackening | |
| detraction(abuse, smear, slander, disparagement) | |
| dirty politics(expression, smear, blackening) | |
| mudslinging(smear, blackening) | |
| name-calling(smear, blackening) | |
| abuse(slander, disparagement) | |
| ad hominem(expression, smear, blackening) | |
| aspersion(abuse, slander, disparagement, vilification) | |
| calumny(abuse, slander, disparagement, vilification) | |
| depreciation(disparagement, vilification, defamation) | |
| derogation(abuse, slander, disparagement) | |
| dirty pool(expression, smear, blackening) | |
| dirty tricks(expression, smear, blackening) | |
| disparagement(abuse, slander, vilification, defamation) | |
| hatchet job(expression, smear, blackening) | |
| libel(abuse, slander, disparagement, vilification) |
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