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MALIGNMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does malignment mean?
• MALIGNMENT (noun)
The noun MALIGNMENT has 1 sense:
1. slanderous defamation
Familiarity information: MALIGNMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slanderous defamation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
malignment; smear; vilification
Hypernyms ("malignment" is a kind of...):
calumniation; calumny; defamation; hatchet job; obloquy; traducement (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)
Derivation:
malign (speak unfavorably about)
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