antidefamation

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ defamation

Adjective

antidefamation (not comparable)

1. Opposing the defamation of a particular group. Chiefly in direct or oblique reference to the Anti-Defamation League.
   • 1999 March 12, Mabel Orona, “Bulls, Dogs, and Cox”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     Perhaps, in future, you should regard any reference to nonhumans in his writing as a red light and alert the appropriate antidefamation societies.

   • 2008 June 17, Claudia Dreifus, “Professor Finds the Art in Both Numbers and Letters”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     You almost needed an antidefamation league for mathematicians.

Translations

opposing defamation

• Portuguese: antidifamação