HOW TO PRONOUNCE
calumny
/ˈkæləmni/
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What does calumny mean?
noun
- A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
- Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.
verb
- To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkæləmni/
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“What I mean by being proof against calumny is being able to point to the fact as a contradiction.”
Much of what is currently accredited as authentic history is in fact a mixture of flattery and calumny, myth and fable.
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Nothing more forcibly shows the danger of consorting with such bad characters than the calumny circulated respecting the connection between Henry IV.
And in this her wisdom was justified, for at last the calumny died down, as all calumnies must die, for lack of sustenance.
So long as he was personally present, he had the perfect mastery of his political adversaries; calumny only succeeded in his absence.