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character assassination n.
smear campaign n.

NOUN

character assassination

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WEAK

ad hominem blackening dirty politics dirty pool dirty tricks hatchet job muckraking mudslinging name-calling slanderous attack smear smear campaign

NOUN

smear campaign

Synonyms

WEAK

character assassination defamation defamation of character dirty politics dirty pool dragging one's name through the mud injury of reputation malicious defamation mudslinging negative campaign negative campaigning slander whispering campaign

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personal attack

He said controversy about his work had led to "an unrelenting level of public scrutiny and personal attack".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

“The claims in this personal attack are false, malicious, and defamatory,” Epshteyn said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Asked about the personal attack by Keane, Carrick said: "It didn't bother me."

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

My school uniform sweater suddenly bunched in ways that felt like a personal attack.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025

Rush took any challenge, whether from a disease or from a colleague, as a personal attack to be confronted and conquered.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

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