WHISPERING CAMPAIGN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whispering campaign mean? 

• WHISPERING CAMPAIGN (noun)
  The noun WHISPERING CAMPAIGN has 1 sense:

1. the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate

  Familiarity information: WHISPERING CAMPAIGN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHISPERING CAMPAIGN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("whispering campaign" is a kind of...):

campaigning; candidacy; candidature; electioneering; political campaign (the campaign of a candidate to be elected)