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What does character assassination mean?

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Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.
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The context is that a pill popping fascist gasbag who popularized hatespin and character assassination is getting a taste of his own medicine.
Despite a deceptively calm and authoritative tone, she engages in nothing less than character assassination.
They have indulged in character assassination, slander and libel, and the sloppiest, least scientific thinking imaginable.
A parallel campaign of vilification and character assassination is also being launched against me.
Now, amidst all the stonewalling and foot-dragging and character assassination I guess this matter won't get top-billing.
Having said that, we in the media must abide by the principles of telling the truth, and not engage in character assassination.

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