diffamation
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French diffamacion, borrowed from Latin diffāmātiōnem, from diffāmō (“to spread a unfavorable report; to defame, malign, decry”), from dis- + fāma (“report, opinion, reputation”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
diffamation f (plural diffamations)
- defamation
- 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde[1]:
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “diffamation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.