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personal attack

NOUN

character assassination

Synonyms

WEAK

ad hominem blackening dirty politics dirty pool dirty tricks hatchet job muckraking mudslinging name-calling slanderous attack smear smear campaign

NOUN

smear campaign

Synonyms

WEAK

character assassination defamation defamation of character dirty politics dirty pool dragging one's name through the mud injury of reputation malicious defamation mudslinging negative campaign negative campaigning slander whispering campaign

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Mr. Mamdani provoked it by using a malicious, personal attack to promote his pied-à-terre tax.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Asked about the personal attack by Keane, Carrick said: "It didn't bother me."

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

We all can have a good laugh at the idea that "Uncle Bobby's Wedding" is a personal attack on people who don't believe in marriage equality.

From Salon • May 16, 2025

“The abovementioned concerns and beliefs are not a personal attack on Captain Khasaempanth or the numerous executives named in my investigation, nor am I an obstructionist or malcontent,” Morris wrote in his March 2023 email.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

“Now, who can give an example of something that would be a personal attack, of what you shouldn’t do?”

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

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