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I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory partisan who assails me, and I should not have noticed you but for the fact that you are a member of the House of Commons.
John Bright

Meaning of "slander" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLANDER

Via Anglo-French from Old French escandle, from Late Latin scandalum a cause of offence.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SLANDER

slander  [ˈslɑːndə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLANDER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slander is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb slander in English.

WHAT DOES SLANDER 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".

Definition of slander in the English dictionary

The first definition of slander in the dictionary is defamation in some transient form, as by spoken words, gestures, etc. Other definition of slander is a slanderous statement, etc. Slander is also any false or defamatory words spoken about a person; calumny.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SLANDER

PRESENT

Present
I slander
you slander
he/she/it slanders
we slander
you slander
they slander
Present continuous
I am slandering
you are slandering
he/she/it is slandering
we are slandering
you are slandering
they are slandering
Present perfect
I have slandered
you have slandered
he/she/it has slandered
we have slandered
you have slandered
they have slandered
Present perfect continuous
I have been slandering
you have been slandering
he/she/it has been slandering
we have been slandering
you have been slandering
they have been slandering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I slandered
you slandered
he/she/it slandered
we slandered
you slandered
they slandered
Past continuous
I was slandering
you were slandering
he/she/it was slandering
we were slandering
you were slandering
they were slandering
Past perfect
I had slandered
you had slandered
he/she/it had slandered
we had slandered
you had slandered
they had slandered
Past perfect continuous
I had been slandering
you had been slandering
he/she/it had been slandering
we had been slandering
you had been slandering
they had been slandering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will slander
you will slander
he/she/it will slander
we will slander
you will slander
they will slander
Future continuous
I will be slandering
you will be slandering
he/she/it will be slandering
we will be slandering
you will be slandering
they will be slandering
Future perfect
I will have slandered
you will have slandered
he/she/it will have slandered
we will have slandered
you will have slandered
they will have slandered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been slandering
you will have been slandering
he/she/it will have been slandering
we will have been slandering
you will have been slandering
they will have been slandering
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would slander
you would slander
he/she/it would slander
we would slander
you would slander
they would slander
Conditional continuous
I would be slandering
you would be slandering
he/she/it would be slandering
we would be slandering
you would be slandering
they would be slandering
Conditional perfect
I would have slander
you would have slander
he/she/it would have slander
we would have slander
you would have slander
they would have slander
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been slandering
you would have been slandering
he/she/it would have been slandering
we would have been slandering
you would have been slandering
they would have been slandering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you slander
we let´s slander
you slander
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to slander
Past participle
slandered
Present Participle
slandering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLANDER


Alexander
ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndə
Cabinda
kəˈbiːndə
cackermander
ˈkækəˌmɑːndə
commander
kəˈmɑːndə
daunder
ˈdɔːndə
demander
dɪˈmɑːndə
Gerunda
dʒəˈruːndə
goonda
ˈɡuːndə
khanda
ˈkʌːndə
Lahnda
ˈlɑːndə
launder
ˈlɔːndə
lounder
ˈluːndə
maunder
ˈmɔːndə
relaunder
riːˈlɔːndə
sclaunder
ˈsklɔːndə
Willem-Alexander
ˈwɪləm ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndə
wounder
ˈwuːndə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLANDER

slamming
slanderer
slanderous
slanderously
slanderousness
slane
slang
slanger
slangily
slanginess
slanging match
slangingly
slangish
slanguage
slangular
slangy
slant
slant rhyme
slant-eyed
slantendicular

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLANDER

Channel Islander
company commander
coriander
expander
finder
gander
hander
Highlander
Hollander
islander
lander
Leander
meander
outlander
overlander
Prince Edward Islander
salamander
sander
Santander
wander
zander

Synonyms and antonyms of slander in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SLANDER»

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

Translation of «slander» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLANDER

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

Translator English - Chinese

诽谤 >
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

calumnia
570 millions of speakers

English

slander
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बदनामी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القذف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

клевета
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

calúnia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপবাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

calomnie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fitnah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verleumdung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

名誉毀損
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비방
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slander
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vu oan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அவதூறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निंदा करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iftira
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diffamazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oszczerstwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наклеп
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

calomnie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συκοφαντία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laster
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förtal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bakvaskelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slander

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLANDER»

The term «slander» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.830 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLANDER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «slander» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «slander» 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 slander

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3 QUOTES WITH «SLANDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word slander.
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John Bright
I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory partisan who assails me, and I should not have noticed you but for the fact that you are a member of the House of Commons.
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John Chrysostom
Slander is worse than cannibalism.
3
Karl Rove
Look, in 1800 the sainted Thomas Jefferson arranged to hire a notorious slanderer named James Callender, who worked as a writer at a Republican newspaper in Richmond, Va. Read some of what he wrote about John Adams. This was a personal slander.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLANDER»

Discover the use of slander in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slander and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right
. . More important than [High Crimes and Misdemeanors] because it addresses a much broader issue, and one of lasting significance.”—National Review From the Trade Paperback edition.
Ann Coulter, 2003
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Slander
A Vietnamese woman in France discovers she is the product of an extra-marital affair by her mother. The novel describes her mixed-up attempt to come to terms with this.
Linda Lš, 1996
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A Bible Handbook on Slander and Gossip
This book is essential reading for all in Christian leadership today. Slander and gossip are condemned in Scripture more than any other sins. Dr. Morey has written the definitive biblical study of these two sins.
Robert A. Morey, 2009
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Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-century England: Defamation in ...
Until 1855, slanderous language was punishable in Britain's ecclesiastical courts. Waddams shows how the law worked not only in theory but in practice. The evidence of the witnesses supplies fascinating details of day-to-day events.
S. M. Waddams, 2000
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Ordeal by Slander: The First Great Book of the McCarthy Era
The linguist who came under the guns of Joseph McCarthy discusses his fight to save his name and his subsequent expatriate years in Europe in this fascinating chronicle of life during one of the nation's darkest periods. Reprint.
Owen Lattimore, 2004
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Abandoned to Lust: Sexual Slander and Ancient Christianity
In doing so, Abandoned to Lust highlights the complex interrelationships between sex, gender, and sexuality within the classical, biblical, and early-Christian traditions.
Jennifer Wright Knust, 2013
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Slander
To top it off, her ex puts out a hit on Adonia and her current beau is after her money. Adonia gathers her strength and escapes to the United Kingdon. Intrigue and high drama drive the book Slander.
Elizabeth Cara, 2010
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Slander
Rape.
William Deverell, 2003
9
Lies, Slander and Obscenity in Medieval English Literature: ...
Drawing on manuscript sources, this book examines how the medieval clergy developed the authority and persuasive force to attempt to govern the day-to-day speech of Western Christians.
Edwin D. Craun, 2005
10
The Culture of Slander in Early Modern England
The literary and political significance of slander, including its use by Spenser, Jonson and Shakespeare.
M. Lindsay Kaplan, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLANDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slander is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ohio State denies ex-band director's claims of defamation, slander
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State University is denying defamation claims raised by the school's former band director in a $1 million lawsuit and asking a judge to ... «Fox News, Jun 15»
2
Amanda Knox to be tried for slander by Italian court
Months after Italy's highest court acquitted Amanda Knox of the murder of Meredith Kercher, the writer is facing a new trial after being charged with slandering ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
3
Ex-Ohio State band director files 2nd lawsuit against university …
... director files 2nd lawsuit against university claiming defamation, slander ... He seeks $1 million in damages for violation of privacy, defamation and slander. «Fox News, May 15»
4
Melissa Mendez sued for slander; Pamaran also seeks P3-M damages
AFTER rejecting her apology over last Friday's plane fracas, businessman Rey Pamaran has filed a slander complaint against actress Melissa Mendez on ... «Inquirer.net, Mar 15»
5
Parents of Ga. teen found dead in gym mat accused of slander
ATLANTA (AP) — A pair of teenage brothers and their father are accusing the parents of a Georgia teen found dead inside a rolled-up gym mat of libel and ... «The Seattle Times, Mar 15»
6
Belleair Bluffs man could face prison, fines in UAE on cyber slander
TAMPA — The detention of a Belleair Bluffs man in the United Arab Emirates on charges of cyber slander has ballooned into a diplomatic incident that a local ... «Tampabay.com, Mar 15»
7
Joanna Krupa Sues Brandi Glanville for Slander
Real Housewives of Miami star Joanna Krupa has sued Brandi Glanville for slander after the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills personality took a serious swipe ... «People Magazine, Jan 15»
8
Rotherham's three Labour MPs to sue UKIP MEP for slander
Sarah Champion, John Healey and Kevin Barron are taking action against MEP Jane Collins for libel and slander for comments she made at a UKIP conference, ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
9
Chanos Comments About Macau Don't Slander Wynn, Judge Says
(Bloomberg) -- Hedge fund manager Jim Chanos, who has shorted Macau casino operators, can't be sued by Steve Wynn for saying he's worried about ... «Bloomberg, Dec 14»
10
Court says former ballboys can sue Jim Boeheim for slander
The New York Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit against Jim Boeheim on Tuesday accusing the longtime Syracuse coach of slander, according to a report ... «CBSSports.com, Oct 14»

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