character assassinationn.

Brit.

/ˈkarᵻktə(r) əsasᵻˌneɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˈkɛr(ə)ktər əˌsæsəˌneɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: character n., assassination n.

Etymology: < character n. + assassination n. Compare earlier character assassin n.

Deliberate and unjustified destruction of a person's good reputation; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [noun] > bringing into disrepute > attack on reputation

impeachment1569

assassination1647

assassinate1657

character assassination1822

hatchet job1940

1822 Philos. Mag. 31 Oct. 300 Few people dislike anonymous controversy more than I do. Attacks of this kind have ever appeared to me in the light of character assassinations.

1881 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 28 July The newspapers..and humanitarians of the North..howl..over every shooting scrape they hear of in the South, but make little to do over the seductions,..wife murders and character-assassination in their own society.

1929 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 2 400 Innuendo, whispering campaigns, and character assassination can be shown to be one of the greatest sins of individual relationships.

1951 H. MacInnes Neither Five nor Three vi. 92 Character assassination, they call it... If they can't find out anything against a man, they invent it.

2000 J. Marecek in T. Mayer Gender Ironies Nationalism (2002) vi. 149 The vicious character assassinations directed at them demonstrate the Catch-22 that women in political office face.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	character assassination
释义	character assassinationn. Brit. /ˈkarᵻktə(r) əsasᵻˌneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈkɛr(ə)ktər əˌsæsəˌneɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: character n., assassination n. Etymology: < character n. + assassination n. Compare earlier character assassin n. Deliberate and unjustified destruction of a person's good reputation; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [noun] > bringing into disrepute > attack on reputation impeachment1569 assassination1647 assassinate1657 character assassination1822 hatchet job1940 1822 Philos. Mag. 31 Oct. 300 Few people dislike anonymous controversy more than I do. Attacks of this kind have ever appeared to me in the light of character assassinations. 1881 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 28 July The newspapers..and humanitarians of the North..howl..over every shooting scrape they hear of in the South, but make little to do over the seductions,..wife murders and character-assassination in their own society. 1929 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 2 400 Innuendo, whispering campaigns, and character assassination can be shown to be one of the greatest sins of individual relationships. 1951 H. MacInnes Neither Five nor Three vi. 92 Character assassination, they call it... If they can't find out anything against a man, they invent it. 2000 J. Marecek in T. Mayer Gender Ironies Nationalism (2002) vi. 149 The vicious character assassinations directed at them demonstrate the Catch-22 that women in political office face. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822
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