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発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən
• ハイフネーション: def‧am‧ation

名詞

defamation (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 defamations)

1. The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
   • 2023 April 21, John Poulos, “Dominion’s C.E.O.: Why We Settled the Lawsuit Against Fox News”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     An hour later, when the Fox board approved the wire payment for $787.5 million — one of the largest known defamation settlements in history — Fox acknowledged what we needed it to acknowledge: spreading false claims comes with a huge price tag.

同意語

• aspersion, calumny, detraction, false light, libel, slander, aftertale
• See also Thesaurus:slander

関連する語

• defame
• defamatory