anti-defamation
adjective[before noun]
formaluk/ˌæn.tiˌdef.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæn.taɪˌdef.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/intendedorintendingtopreventordealwithdefamation(= theactionofdamagingthereputationof apersonorgroupby saying or writingbadthings about them that are nottrue):
He said that anti-defamationlawsshould not be used tolimitfreespeech.
Hundreds ofincidentshave beenreportedto the anti-defamationgroup.
- There was already an anti-defamationclausewithin theexistinglegislation,forbiddingprejudiceanddiscriminationagainstminorityreligiousgroups.
- Hedefendedthedecisiontoincludeanti-defamationlanguagein thedocument.
Damaging reputation
- aspersion
- besmirch
- black mark
- blacken
- blot
- blotyourcopybookidiom
- dog
- dragsomeone'sname through the mire/mudidiom
- give a dog a bad nameidiom
- hurl/throw/sling mud atsomeoneidiom
- impugn
- poison
- show someone in a bad lightidiom
- slander
- slanderer
- slanderous
- slanderously
- smear
- stab
- stain