Spurious vs Calumny - What's the difference?
spurious | calumny |
false, not authentic, not genuine
* 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' '' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
(archaic) bastardly, illegitimate
* Milton
A falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another.
False charges brought about to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
As an adjective spurious
is false, not authentic, not genuine.As a noun calumny is
a falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another.spurious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- We witness that there is a relationship between government, media and industry that is evident even at this most spurious and superficial level. These three institutions support one another. We know that however cool a media outlet may purport to be, their primary loyalty is to their corporate backers. We know also that you cannot criticise the corporate backers openly without censorship and subsequent manipulation of this information.
- her spurious firstborn
Synonyms
* (false) counterfeit, fake, false, bogus * See also * See alsoAntonyms
* (false) genuine, representativeDerived terms
* spuriously * spuriousnesscalumny
English
Noun
(calumnies)- Accusations of abuse were pure extortive calumny in a malicious bid to make money .