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Defamation vs Antidefamation - What's the difference?

defamation | antidefamation |

As a noun defamation

is act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.

As an adjective antidefamation is

opposing the defamation of a particular group chiefly in direct or oblique reference to the.

defamation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.

    • Synonyms

    * slander * detraction * calumny * aspersion * See also

    Related terms

    * defame * defamatory

    antidefamation

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Opposing the defamation of a particular group. Chiefly in direct or oblique reference to the .
  • * {{quote-news, year=1999, date=March 12, author=Mabel Orona, title=Bulls, Dogs, and Cox, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Perhaps, in future, you should regard any reference to nonhumans in his writing as a red light and alert the appropriate antidefamation societies. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 17, author=Claudia Dreifus, title=Professor Finds the Art in Both Numbers and Letters, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=You almost needed an antidefamation league for mathematicians. }}