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Definitions for character assassination

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

char′acter assassina`tion(n.)

  1. a slandering attack, esp. intended to damage the reputation of a public or political figure.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of character assassination:

1945–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. character assassination, assassination, blackwash(noun)

    an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

Wiktionary

  1. character assassination(Noun)

    a malicious verbal assault designed to damage the reputation of a public figure

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