CHARACTER ASSASSINATION

Meaning of CHARACTER ASSASSINATION in English

saying things that ruin a person's reputation, muckrake

"What did they say about him?" "It was mainly gossip and character assassination."

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — noun Date: 1944 the slandering of a person usually with the intention of destroying public confidence in that person
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — noun : the slandering of another person (as a public figure) with the intention of destroying public trust in him
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — a slandering attack, esp. one intended to damage the reputation of a public or political figure. [ 1945-50 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — slander, libel, spreading of vicious rumors about someone
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — Date: 1944 : the slandering of a person usually with the intention of destroying public confidence in that person
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — Function: noun Date: 1944 : the slandering of a person usually with the intention of destroying public confidence in that …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — [character assassination] n (1949): the slandering of a person usu. with the intention of destroying public confidence in that person
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — ( character assassinations) A character assassination is a deliberate attempt to destroy someone’s reputation, especially by criticizing them in an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — (~s) A ~ is a deliberate attempt to destroy someone’s reputation, especially by criticizing them in an unfair and dishonest …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — Synonyms and related words : attack, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, blackening, calumny, defamation, defamation of character, defilement, denigration, depreciation, dirt, dirty …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — Function: noun Synonyms: DETRACTION , backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, calumny, defamation, depreciation, disparagement, scandal, slander
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — noun Synonyms: detraction , backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, calumny, defamation, depreciation, disparagement, scandal, slander
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — See ↑ REPUTATION 3
Longman Activator English vocab
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — saying things that ruin a person's reputation, muckrake """What did they say about him?"" ""It was mainly gossip and character …
English Idioms vocab
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — злобная клевета, злостная клевета; амер.; полит. подрыв репутации
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — _n. злобная клевета
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — злобная клевета, злостная клевета; подрыв репутации
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — злобная клевета, злостная клевета; амер. ; полит. подрыв репутации
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — злобная клевета, злостная клевета; амер.; полит. подрыв репутации
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — _n. злобная клевета
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — n. злобная клевета
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — злобная клевета, злостная клевета; подрыв репутации
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — полит подрыв репутации Злостная клевета в адрес политического противника, подрыв прежде всего его моральной репутации
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — злобная клевета, диффамация; процесс, с помощью которого оппоненты общественного или политического деятеля стремятся подорвать его репутацию.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION — злобная клевета, злостная клевета; амер.; полит. подрыв репутации
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ASSASSINATION — n assassination
Interlingua English vocab
ASSASSINATION — noun see: assassinate
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHARACTER — I. ˈkarə̇ktə(r), -rēk- also ˈker- noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin character ) of earlier caracter, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASSASSINATION — ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈāshən noun ( -s ) 1. : act of assassinating : killing by violence 2. : destruction especially of reputation
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASSASSINATION — (n.) The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
Английский словарь Webster
ASSASSINATION — ( n. ) The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHARACTER — — characterless , adj. /kar"ik teuhr/ , n. 1. the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ASSASSINATION — n. premeditated murder
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ASSASSINATION — see assassinate
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHARACTER — I. ˈker-ik-tər, ˈka-rik- noun Etymology: Middle English caracter, from Latin character mark, distinctive quality, from Greek charaktēr, from charassein to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHARACTER — noun one of the persons of a drama or novel. 2. character ·noun a distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or …
Webster English vocab
ASSASSINATION — noun the act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
Webster English vocab
ASSASSINATION — assassination BrE AmE ə ˌsæs ɪ ˈneɪʃ ə n -ə- ▷ assassination|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHARACTER — / ˈkærəktə(r); NAmE / noun QUALITIES / FEATURES 1. [ C , usually sing. ] all the qualities and features …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASSASSINATION — ➡ assassinate
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHARACTER — char ‧ ac ‧ ter S1 W1 /ˈkærəktə, ˈkærɪktə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ASSASSINATION — as ‧ sas ‧ sin ‧ a ‧ tion /əˌsæsəˈneɪʃ ə n, əˌsæsɪˈneɪʃ ə n $ əˌsæs ə nˈeɪ-/ BrE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHARACTER — ( characters) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The character of a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASSASSINATION — see assassinate
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASSASSINATION — see assassinate
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CHARACTER
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ASSASSINATION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an assassination attempt (= an attempt to kill a leader ) ▪ De Gaulle survived …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ASSASSINATION — [noun]an assassination attemptThe risk of assassination has been reduced by modern security systems.Following the military coup it was feared that …
Cambridge English vocab
CHARACTER
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ASSASSINATION — n. Murder ( by secret assault ), murderous assault.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
ASSASSINATION — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
CHARACTER — noun 1 person's nature/person with a particular nature ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent , exemplary , good , impeccable ▪ generous , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ASSASSINATION — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attempted ▪ targeted ▪ political ▪ Three local leaders have been killed in political ~s. ▪ character …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CHARACTER — INDEX: 1. someone’s character 2. one part of someone’s character 3. someone’s real character 4. a definite character that makes …
Longman Activator English vocab
ASSASSINATION — See ↑ KILL 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ character assassination
Longman Activator English vocab
ASSASSINATION — n. 25B6; noun MURDER, killing, slaughter, homicide; political execution, elimination; N. Amer. termination; informal hit; poetic/literary slaying. See list. Victims …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ASSASSINATION — n. 1) to carry out an ~ 2) a character; political ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
CHARACTER — n. 1 brand, stamp, mark, symbol, monogram, insigne, badge, emblem, sign, seal, label; letter, number, figure, type, sort, arbitrary, peculiar, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CHARACTER — 1. сущ. происходит от греческого слова со значением "инструмент для вырезания" 1) о символах различного рода а) буква, иероглиф; цифра; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ASSASSINATION — сущ. 1) убийство; террористический акт to carry out an assassination ≈ совершить убийство political assassination ≈ политическое убийство 2) уничтожение, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ASSASSINATION — Убийство
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CHARACTER — character.ogg 1. ʹkærıktə n 1. 1> характер; нрав 2> сильный характер a man of character - человек с (сильным) характером, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ASSASSINATION — assassination.ogg ə͵sæsıʹneıʃ(ə)n n 1. убийство политического или общественного деятеля ( по идейным мотивам или за деньги ) assassination attempt on …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHARACTER — 1) (отличительный) признак; (характерная) особенность 2) буква; знак; символ 3) литера 4) матем. характер • - acknowledgement character - alphanumeric …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь

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