Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Defamation

Public false statements that are illegal and damaging to the reputation of a person, group, business, organization, or institution.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Public false statements that are illegal and damaging to the reputation of a person, group, business, organization, or institution.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Calumny
  • Vilification
  • Calumnies
  • Defamations
  • Vilifications
  • Libel
  • Slander
  • Libels

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2016

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  1. I01w.198w.240w.240w
  2. I01w.880w.735w.191w.051w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Defamation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000067448. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000067448
  2. Defamation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation
  3. Defamation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191783