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personal attack

NOUN

character assassination

Synonyms

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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Mr. Mamdani provoked it by using a malicious, personal attack to promote his pied-à-terre tax.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

“To summarize, this is an operation to harass me by land, sea and air to try and make me give up politics through a personal attack on my wife,” Sánchez wrote.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

“That was just such a personal attack, to attack where my parents were raised,” she said, stifling tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023

I knew Hattie didn’t mean to show off, but sometimes her flawlessness felt like a personal attack.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

personal attack

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