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SMEAR WORD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An epithet that can be used to smear someone's reputation
Example:
he used the smear word 'communist' for everyone who disagreed with him
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("smear word" is a kind of...):