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personal attack

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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The closest he comes to a good old swipe at his former boss is this delicious line: “Trump did not devise the personal attack in politics, though he may have perfected it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

“The abovementioned concerns and beliefs are not a personal attack on Captain Khasaempanth or the numerous executives named in my investigation, nor am I an obstructionist or malcontent,” Morris wrote in his March 2023 email.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

That isn’t a personal attack on Kelenic, who I hope succeeds in his next venture.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023

Mr Dyson told court the article was "a personal attack on all that I have done and achieved in my lifetime and is highly distressing and hurtful".

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023

“Now, who can give an example of something that would be a personal attack, of what you shouldn’t do?”

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

personal attack

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