antidefamation

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adjective

Opposing the defamation of a particular group. Chiefly in direct or oblique reference to the Anti-Defamation League.

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Meanings

adjectiveantidefamation (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOpposing the defamation of a particular group. Chiefly in direct or oblique reference to the Anti-Defamation League.

    You almost needed an antidefamation league for mathematicians.

    2008 June 17, Claudia Dreifus, “Professor Finds the Art in Both Numbers and Letters”, in New York Times
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    Perhaps, in future, you should regard any reference to nonhumans in his writing as a red light and alert the appropriate antidefamation societies.

    1999 March 12, Mabel Orona, “Bulls, Dogs, and Cox”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

From anti- + defamation.

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Translations

Portuguese antidifamação
  • antidifamaçãoopposing defamation
Cite this entry
APA

antidefamation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidefamation

MLA

“antidefamation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidefamation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antidefamation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidefamation.

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