diffamation

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French diffamacion, borrowed from Latin diffāmātiōnem, from diffāmō (“to spread an unfavorable report; to defame, malign, decry”), from dis- +‎ fāma (“report, opinion, reputation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.fa.ma.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

diffamation f (plural diffamations)

1. defamation
   • 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde‎^[1], Paris: Société éditrice du Monde, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 August 2025:

     C’est le propre de la législation sur la presse de mettre en balance liberté d’expression et protection contre la diffamation, l’injure ou l’incitation à la haine.

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Related terms

• diffamer

Further reading

• “diffamation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012