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Qué (quién) es Discredit - definición

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.

discredit         
(discredits, discrediting, discredited)
1.
To discredit someone or something means to cause them to lose people's respect or trust.
...a secret unit within the company that had been set up to discredit its major rival...
VERB: V n
discredited
The previous government is, by now, thoroughly discredited.
ADJ
2.
To discredit an idea or evidence means to make it appear false or not certain.
They realized there would be difficulties in discrediting the evidence.
VERB: V n
discredit         
¦ verb (discredits, discrediting, discredited) harm the good reputation of.
?cause (an idea or account) to seem false or unreliable.
¦ noun loss or lack of reputation.
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.

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.

Ejemplos de uso de Discredit
1. Libai rejected attempts to discredit the complainants.
2. In many cases it has been an attempt to discredit the SPLA/M and much more to discredit John Garang personally.
3. Libby‘s attorneys have tried hard to discredit Russert.
4. The WJC launched a massive campaign to discredit Wiesenthal.
5. Surnin accused the security service of trying to discredit NGOs.