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What (who) is discredit$21793$ - definition
EFFORT TO DAMAGE OR CALL INTO QUESTION SOMEONE'S REPUTATION, BY PROPOUNDING NEGATIVE PROPAGANDA
Discrediting tactic; Discrediting tactics; Smear tactic; Smear champaign; Smear campaigns; Mud slinging; Smashmouth politics; Smear Campaign; Discredit; Discrediting; Distortion campaign; Smear tactics; Smear (politics)
!["The Great Republican Reform Party Calling on their Candidate", an 1856 political cartoon in which various "extremists", including a Catholic, press [[John C. Frémont]], the first Republican party candidate for president of the United States, for their respective causes. There was a political campaign smear rumor current in 1856 that Fremont was a Catholic.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1856-Republican-party-Fremont-isms-caricature.jpg?width=200 "\"The Great Republican Reform Party Calling on their Candidate\", an 1856 political cartoon in which various \"extremists\", including a Catholic, press [[John C. Frémont]], the first Republican party candidate for president of the United States, for their respective causes. There was a political campaign smear rumor current in 1856 that Fremont was a Catholic.")
discredit
I. n.
1.
Doubt, question, loss of credit or credence.
2.
Disrepute, dishonor, disgrace, reproach, opprobrium, obloquy, odium, ignominy, ill repute.
II. v. a.
1.
Disbelieve, give no credit to, place no confidence in, refuse credence to, question, doubt.
2.
Disgrace, dishonor, bring reproach upon, make disreputable, blow upon, destroy confidence in, bring into disfavor, make distasteful, deprive of credit.
Discredit
·noun Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach;
- applied to persons or things.
II. Discredit ·vt To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
III. Discredit ·vt To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to Disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
IV. Discredit ·vt To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to Disgrace.
V. Discredit ·noun The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
discredit
n.
1) to bring discredit on, to
2) a discredit to (a discredit to one's family)
Wikipedia
Smear campaign
A smear campaign, also referred to as a smear tactic or simply a smear, is an effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda. It makes use of discrediting tactics.
It can be applied to individuals or groups. Common targets are public officials, politicians, political candidates, activists, and ex-spouses. The term also applies in other contexts, such as the workplace.
The term smear campaign became popular around 1936.
