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Adjective: defamatory  di'fa-mu`to-ree [N. Amer], di'fa-mu-t(u-)ree [Brit]
  1. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
    "We shall consider later which of these contains the Defamatory nature of a statement"
    - calumniatory, calumnious, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous [Brit, Cdn], libelous [US], slanderous

See also: defame, harmful

Encyclopedia: Defamatory

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