Slander
noun
The act of making a false spoken statement that damages a person's reputation.
He is taking his colleague to court for slander.
Often appears as...
- accuse of slander
- commit slander
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
verb
To make false and damaging statements about (someone).
He has been slandered often in the media.
Often appears as...
- slander someone's reputation
- slander someone publicly
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
noun
The act of making a false spoken statement that damages a person's reputation.
He is taking his colleague to court for slander.
Often appears as...
- accuse of slander
- commit slander
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
verb
To make false and damaging statements about (someone).
He has been slandered often in the media.
Often appears as...
- slander someone's reputation
- slander someone publicly
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Spoken Context
Use 'slander' for spoken words, not written ones, which is called 'libel'.
His offhand comment, if spread, could be considered slander.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
'Slander' can involve legal consequences due to damage to reputation.
She won the court case after proving the slanderous remarks.
Pro Tip 3/3Proof of Harm
For a statement to be 'slander', there must be proof it harmed someone's reputation.
Despite the gossip, he couldn't show how the slander affected his status.
Pro Tip 1/3Spoken Context
Use 'slander' for spoken words, not written ones, which is called 'libel'.
His offhand comment, if spread, could be considered slander.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
'Slander' can involve legal consequences due to damage to reputation.
She won the court case after proving the slanderous remarks.
Pro Tip 3/3Proof of Harm
For a statement to be 'slander', there must be proof it harmed someone's reputation.
Despite the gossip, he couldn't show how the slander affected his status.
Pro Tip 1/3Spoken Context
Use 'slander' for spoken words, not written ones, which is called 'libel'.
His offhand comment, if spread, could be considered slander.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
'Slander' can involve legal consequences due to damage to reputation.
She won the court case after proving the slanderous remarks.
Pro Tip 3/3Proof of Harm
For a statement to be 'slander', there must be proof it harmed someone's reputation.
Despite the gossip, he couldn't show how the slander affected his status.
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Mick Ebeling: The...
and it just registers the negative space. So they go around and do art installations like this. All the things that go up there, they said there's a life cycle. First it starts with the sexual organs, then it starts with cuss words, then it was Bush slanders and then people actually got to art.
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Why is Aristophanes...
a politician named Kleon took Aristophanes to court for "slandering the people of Athens in the presence of foreigners." Aristophanes struck back two years later with a play called The Knights. In it, he openly mocked Kleon, ending with Kleon’s character working as a lowly sausage seller
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Steven Pinker: Human...
of what has happened to people who've taken controversial stands or discovered disquieting findings in the behavioral sciences. There are many cases, some of which I talk about in the book, of people who have been slandered, called Nazis,
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The revolutionary power...
I realized one I have never had the courage to say in a public space that I was bisexual myself, because I so feared the slander and the stigma and the ridicule and the hatred that was sure to follow.
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Sloths! The strange life...
Well, I'm here to tell you that we've got this animal all wrong -- and how understanding the truth about the sloth may help save us and this planet we both call home. I traced sloth-based slander
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Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
divided into two mongooses we found here from the water mongoose that's so hard to see we find the slander Mongoose that's one we normally see and these mongooses also the banded mongoose we
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History vs. Vladimir...
and instigate riots." "Such slander! The July Days were a spontaneous and justified reaction against the government's failures. And Kerensky showed his true colors when he blamed Lenin
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If We Colonize the Moon,...
customers nations and companies and individuals who have put down real money to put their stuff on Astrobotic slander one of those paying customers happens to be an X Prize competitor
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Lemon Andersen performs...
so whatever you curse at me to your caddyshack go-for-this, go-for-that assistant when I walk out that door, whatever slander you send my way, your mother. Thank you.
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Coober Pedy PIPE National...
share that could only be one thing to find out that's what I came here for to find that elusive beautiful Jim that just sort of ban slander date over me
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Mick Ebeling: The...
and it just registers the negative space. So they go around and do art installations like this. All the things that go up there, they said there's a life cycle. First it starts with the sexual organs, then it starts with cuss words, then it was Bush slanders and then people actually got to art.
Video examples
Why is Aristophanes...
a politician named Kleon took Aristophanes to court for "slandering the people of Athens in the presence of foreigners." Aristophanes struck back two years later with a play called The Knights. In it, he openly mocked Kleon, ending with Kleon’s character working as a lowly sausage seller
Video examples
Steven Pinker: Human...
of what has happened to people who've taken controversial stands or discovered disquieting findings in the behavioral sciences. There are many cases, some of which I talk about in the book, of people who have been slandered, called Nazis,
Video examples
The revolutionary power...
I realized one I have never had the courage to say in a public space that I was bisexual myself, because I so feared the slander and the stigma and the ridicule and the hatred that was sure to follow.
Video examples
Sloths! The strange life...
Well, I'm here to tell you that we've got this animal all wrong -- and how understanding the truth about the sloth may help save us and this planet we both call home. I traced sloth-based slander
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Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
divided into two mongooses we found here from the water mongoose that's so hard to see we find the slander Mongoose that's one we normally see and these mongooses also the banded mongoose we
Video examples
History vs. Vladimir...
and instigate riots." "Such slander! The July Days were a spontaneous and justified reaction against the government's failures. And Kerensky showed his true colors when he blamed Lenin
Video examples
If We Colonize the Moon,...
customers nations and companies and individuals who have put down real money to put their stuff on Astrobotic slander one of those paying customers happens to be an X Prize competitor
Video examples
Lemon Andersen performs...
so whatever you curse at me to your caddyshack go-for-this, go-for-that assistant when I walk out that door, whatever slander you send my way, your mother. Thank you.
Video examples
Coober Pedy PIPE National...
share that could only be one thing to find out that's what I came here for to find that elusive beautiful Jim that just sort of ban slander date over me
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Quote examples
Big Freedia
American Musician
I feel very accepted, like I never have any slander. I never have any issues. You know, like, when people see me, they respect me. It's all about how you carry yourself.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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Fat Joe
American Musician
To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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Mazie Hirono
American Politician
The defense to slander is the truth, and sometimes the truth hurts.
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Gustave Flaubert
French Novelist
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.
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Fidel Castro
Statesman
I don't think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
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Barbra Streisand
American Actress
I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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Big Freedia
American Musician
I feel very accepted, like I never have any slander. I never have any issues. You know, like, when people see me, they respect me. It's all about how you carry yourself.
Quote examples
Victor Hugo
French Author
Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.
Quote examples
Abraham Lincoln
American President
If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.
Quote examples
H. L. Mencken
American Writer
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Quote examples
Fat Joe
American Musician
To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
Quote examples
Mazie Hirono
American Politician
The defense to slander is the truth, and sometimes the truth hurts.
Quote examples
Gustave Flaubert
French Novelist
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.
Quote examples
Fidel Castro
Statesman
I don't think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews.
Quote examples
Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
Quote examples
Barbra Streisand
American Actress
I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me.
Example 1 of 10
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