Definitions for smear campaign
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1. smear campaignnoun

   An effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.

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1. Smear campaign

   A smear campaign, also referred to as a smear tactic or simply a smear, is an effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda. It makes use of discrediting tactics. It can be applied to individuals or groups. Common targets are public officials, politicians, political candidates, activists and ex-spouses. The term also applies in other contexts such as the workplace.The term smear campaign became popular around 1936.

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1. Smear campaign

   A smear campaign, smear tactic or simply smear is a metaphor for activity that can harm an individual or group's reputation by conflation with a stigmatized group. Sometimes smear is used more generally to include any reputation-damaging activity, including such colloquialisms as mud slinging. Common targets are public officials, politicians, and political candidates. Smear campaigns are often based on information gleaned from opposition research conducted by paid political consultants. To a lesser degree, the term can refer to an attempt to damage a private person's reputation; for example, during a trial, the opposing counsel may attempt to cast doubt on the reliability of a witness. Smear campaign is related to propaganda, media bias, yellow journalism, and other falsehood-related terms such as libel and pejoration. In extreme cases, smear campaigns may lead to widespread persecution, such as in the case of the Dolchstoßlegende before WWII.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of smear campaign in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of smear campaign in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of smear campaign in a Sentence

1. Mitch McConnell:

   Even by the far left's standards, this shameful, shameful smear campaign has hit a new low, i want to be perfectly clear about what has taken place. Senate Judiciary Democrats and Senate Democrats allies are trying to destroy a man's personal and professional life on the basis of decades-old allegations.

2. Bill Browder:

   It appears on a whole range of stories they are in the lying and smear campaigning business, my experience does not look like an isolated incident.These guys play dirty, and I have seen it firsthand. NUNES FILES $ 9.9 M LAWSUIT AGAINST FUSION GPS, ALLEGING SMEAR CAMPAIGN AND RICO VIOLATIONS He continued :.

3. Mitch McConnell:

   Democrats have signaled for months they'd put on whatever performance the far left special interests demanded and throw all the mud, all the mud they could manufacture, even by the far left's standards, this evil, evil smear campaign has hit a new low.

4. Actress Eva Longoria:

   She's had a 25-year smear campaign run against her. It's understandable Americans are confused about what is true and what is not.

5. King Herod:

   In lieu of defeating Israel on the battlefield, the Jihad has initiated a war of delegitimization intended on erasing international support for Israel, in essence it’s a massive smear campaign in which Israel’s ancient history in this land is systematically erased and replaced with an invented Palestinian narrative. The main target of this campaign are young westerners who are simply too ignorant to fight back with facts.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Smear_Campaign
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smear_Campaign
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=smear campaign