0 an intentional attempt to spoil the reputation of a person by criticizing them severely, especially unfairly, in the newspapers or on television
May there be some vicious form of character assassination which might well be met by procedure in the criminal courts?
Weldon called the activities a deliberate campaign of character assassination.
Arboleda claimed that the word assassination wasn't meant literally, and that the exhibition is supposed to be about character assassination.
Though character assassination is unethical according to present psychoanalytical and analytical professional codes, that tactic is still used quite often amongst analysts and dynamic psychotherapists.
That attempt at character assassination of an entire profession has been totally counter-productive if ever its perpetrators thought that such castigation would improve educational standards.
How does it protect the complainant against character assassination to give anonymity to the defendant?
There is no doubt that there has been an orchestrated campaign of character assassination.
Can there be a fair trial if counsel, in court, is able to indulge in character assassination because that is permitted under existing legislation?
