"smear campaign" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-smear campaign.ogg Forms: smear campaigns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smear campaign (plural smear campaigns)
  1. (idiomatic) An effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda. Wikipedia link: smear campaign Tags: idiomatic Related terms: rumor campaign, whisper campaign, character assassination, swiftboating, mudslinging Translations (negative propaganda): 惡意營銷 (Chinese Mandarin), 恶意营销 (èyì yíngxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), smædekampagne [common-gender] (Danish), lastercampagne [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), mustamaalaus (Finnish), loanheitto (Finnish), lokakampanja (Finnish), campagne de diffamation [feminine] (French), ბინძური კამპანია (binʒuri ḳamṗania) (Georgian), Hetzkampagne [feminine] (German), Schmutzkampagne [feminine] (German), lejárató kampány (Hungarian), lejáratókampány (Hungarian), rágalomhadjárat (Hungarian), sárdobálás (Hungarian), hecckampány (Hungarian), campagna diffamatoria [feminine] (Italian), kampania oszczerstw [feminine] (Polish), campanha difamatória [feminine] (Portuguese), клеветни́ческая кампа́ния (klevetníčeskaja kampánija) [feminine] (Russian), campaña de desprestigio [feminine] (Spanish), smutskastningskampanj [common-gender] (Swedish), nedsvärtningskampanj [common-gender] (Swedish), smutskampanj [common-gender] (Swedish)

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