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Meaning of "calumnies" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CALUMNIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CALUMNIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Calumnies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CALUMNIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Defamation

Defamation—also called calumny, vilification, or traducement—is the communication of a false statement that harms the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation. Most jurisdictions allow legal action to deter various kinds of defamation and retaliate against groundless criticism. Under common law, to constitute defamation, a claim must generally be false and have been made to someone other than the person defamed. Some common law jurisdictions also distinguish between spoken defamation, called slander, and defamation in other media such as printed words or images, called libel. False light laws protect against statements which are not technically false but misleading. In some civil law jurisdictions, defamation is treated as a crime rather than a civil wrong. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights ruled in 2012 that the criminalization of libel violates freedom of expression and is inconsistent with Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. A person who defames another may be called a "defamer", "famacide", "libeler" or "slanderer".

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CALUMNIES

calthrop
caltrap
caltrop
calumba
calumet
calumniable
calumniate
calumniation
calumniator
calumniatory
calumnious
calumniously
calumny
calutron
Calvados
calvaria
calvarial
calvarian
calvaries
calvary

WORDS THAT END LIKE CALUMNIES

accompanies
balconies
beanies
Brownies
bunnies
ceremonies
Colonies
companies
denies
funnies
grannies
harmonies
monies
nannies
pennies
peonies
ponies
symphonies
testimonies
trannies

Synonyms and antonyms of calumnies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CALUMNIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «calumnies» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of calumnies

Translation of «calumnies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CALUMNIES

Find out the translation of calumnies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of calumnies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «calumnies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

诽谤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

calumnias
570 millions of speakers

English

calumnies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

calumnies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الافتراءات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

клевета
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

calúnias
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কলঙ্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

calomnies
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Calumnies
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verleumdungen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

calumnies
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비방
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Calumnies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vu khống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அவதூறுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुरुप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iftiralar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

calunnie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oszczerstwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наклеп
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

calomniile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συκοφαντίες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

calumnies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förtal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bakvaskelser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of calumnies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CALUMNIES»

The term «calumnies» is regularly used and occupies the 98.558 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of calumnies
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CALUMNIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «calumnies» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «calumnies» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about calumnies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CALUMNIES»

Discover the use of calumnies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to calumnies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Calumnies: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations EquallingEnergy is equal to desire and purpose.ndash;Sheryl AdamsThere is another side to chivalry.
‎2008
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A full vindication of the measures of the Congress, from the ...
Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Seabury (bp. of Connecticut.) Thar: Americans arc intitled to freedom, is ineontestible upon every rational principle. All men have one common original : they participate in one common nature, and consequently  ...
Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Seabury (bp. of Connecticut.), 1774
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A reply to the calumnies of the Edinburgh review against ...
Edward Copleston (bp. of Llandaff.) 10' Uj- -i i '!_ REPLY TO THE CALUMNIES OF THE EDINBURGH REVIEW AGAINST XN> OXFORD, f, V"H CONTAININO AN ACCOUNT OF STUDIES PURSUED IN THAT UNIVERSITY. XaXwov to /xrrgt'coj  ...
Edward Copleston (bp. of Llandaff.), 1810
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The calumnies of the 'Athenæum' journal exposed. Mr. White's ...
William White (bookseller.) THE CALUMNIES IK << THE "ATHEN.EUM" JOURNAL EXPOSED. MR. WHITE'S LETTBK /^a MR. MURRAY,^ " ON THE SUBJECT OF THE BYRON, SHELLEY, AND KEATS MSS. "Calumny will sear Virtue itself.
William White (bookseller.), 1852
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Col. Fremont's Religion. The calumnies against him exposed ...
\3~ COL. FREMQNT'S RELIGION. THE CALUMNIES AGAINST HIM EXPUSEI] BY INDISPUTABLE PROOFS. i.
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The Dissenting Laity Pleading Their Own Cause Against the ...
... in the present Quarrel, but Defendants of our Selves and Practice, from the Aspersions of bitter Opponents, and the Calumnies of Designing Men. , ; Some months since, an Invective Pamphlet, rprit by one Dr. WSXcllS, against the i) issenters, ...
Country Roger, 1708
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Mr. Smythies's Vindication from the Foul Calumnies of Dr. ...
Sins) WUce are abun dantly Cati'Sfp'd, Œ&Bt t&c foul Calumnies toith totjicb some Often (jafct afpens*d him, are Scandalous, Malitious, and False. G<31« Do SDetlare, Œtat Cflle touti nefcer obfetne m him any Inclinations to these horrible ...
William Smythies, 1702
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A Refutation by his friends, of the calumnies against D. ...
David Henshaw. REFUTATION. Ta: recent rejection, by the Senate of the United States, of the nomination of David Henahaw, as Secretary of the Navy, has been followed by reiterated news' paper assertions, that among the reasons for this ...
David Henshaw, 1844
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A reply to the calumnies and misrepresentations of Professor ...
John William Donaldson. a philologcr. Not to speak of the actual occurrence of the forms eis-ce (Plaut. Mercat. ProZ. 91), фиs-сe (Aul. Gell. lemm. c. xiv. l. iii.), &c ., all pronouns were originally demonstratives; and the pronouns qui, .si-c, Iii-c, i-s , ...
John William Donaldson, 1844
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The Calumnies of the “Athenæum” Journal Exposed. Mr. White's ...
William WHITE (Bookseller of 24 Pall Mall.) for you to call, when we would go up- stairs, to look the _ letters over and endeavour to agree for the price. After you had passed some two hours in the examination, we struck a bargain, upon which  ...
William WHITE (Bookseller of 24 Pall Mall.), 1852

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CALUMNIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term calumnies is used in the context of the following news items.
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Doctors have always been over-worked, but that's not what's …
We now have entire institutions perverting care and concealing calumnies in order to favour their survival-slot in the larger Darwinian system. «Open Democracy, Jun 15»
2
Sid Blumenthals Israel Michegas
By doing so, Blumenthal the elder identified himself as a sponsor of his son's calumnies. Not that everyone hated Goliath. Frazier Glenn Cross ... «Daily Beast, Jun 15»
3
US Jewish organizations deride UN report on Gaza war
The report, he said,”is the latest example in a long string of calumnies against Israel by the Council, reinforcing the inherent bias against Israel ... «The Times of Israel, Jun 15»
4
A Year After His Death, Fouad Ajami's Detractors Look Worse than …
These calumnies continued in post-mortem attacks by non-academics: Ajami's "view of the Arab world was narrow, lacking an understanding of ... «Campus Watch, Jun 15»
5
Whittle deserves hoist on own petard
Schwartz demands a “prominent retraction” of “these iniquitous calumnies” … or else! I'd respectfully remind him satire is a long-standing ... «Marietta Daily Journal, Jun 15»
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Wolff: Gawker should pay for free speech
Its vileness and calumnies, I am sure it would say, are democratic — everybody's a fair target. But while its cruelties might be broadly spread, ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
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Five Rashis, Korach: Finding Our Place in the Jewish People
... to Moshe Rabbenu's correct sense that certain calumnies of leaders needed to lead to excision from the community, to the incense that had ... «Jewish Link of Bronx, Westchester and Connecticut, Jun 15»
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Publishers criticize Apple for 'completely crazy' News app email
Apple's future will be determined one wallet at a time, and not by myopic, unsubstantiated calumnies uttered by sadsack Cassandras. So long ... «Cult of Mac, Jun 15»
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Women Have the Chance to Save America in 2016
If only we could hold this election this fall, we might be spared some of the calumnies to come. Instead, we'll have to withstand months and ... «Long Island Press, Jun 15»
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The Pope And The Anti-Semite
Does the pope really believe that Father Dehon's destructive anti-Jewish calumnies do not disqualify him from the highest honor of the Catholic ... «The Jewish Press, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Calumnies [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/calumnies>. May 2024 ».
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