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单词 whispering campaign
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whispering campaign
whispering campaign n. a systematic circulation of rumours, esp. in order to denigrate someone or something (originally in U.S. Politics).
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > spreading scandal
noising1422
scandal monging1801
scandal-mongery1838
scandal-mongering1865
whispering campaign1920
1920 Nation (N.Y.) 10 Nov. 517/1 The scandalous underhandedness of the whispering campaign of the Democrats..only prove[s] the spuriousness of all their protestations of belief in equal rights for black and white.
1949 ‘R. West’ Meaning of Treason i. vi. 118 A whispering campaign designed to weaken public confidence.
1962 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. i. 139 He was desperately depressed—a whispering campaign around the party and near-party circles, that he was and had been ‘A capitalist spy’.
1978 D. Bloodworth Crosstalk viii. 69 The Chinese have been mounting a whispering campaign against the Soviet Union, quite distinct from their overt anti-Soviet propaganda.
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