smear campaign

English

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Noun

smear campaign (plural smear campaigns)

1. (idiomatic) An effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.

   His opponent said it was all a smear campaign to make him look bad in the eyes of the voters.

Translations

negative propaganda

Finnish: mustamaalaus (fi), loanheitto (fi) French: campagne de diffamation (fr) f.

German: Hetzkampagne (de) f., Schmutzkampagne (de) f. Russian: клеветническая кампания (ru) (klevetníčeskaja kampánija) f.

See also

• rumor campaign
• whisper campaign
• character assassination
• swiftboating