🇬🇧 Defamation meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Defamation is when a person says or writes things about someone that are not true, and those lies hurt how other people see that person. It’s more serious than just teasing or joking, because it can make others believe the lies and think badly of the innocent person. Defamation is unfair and harmful, and in many places it is against the law because everyone has a right to their good reputation.

At Alien Elementary, defamation is when you lie that someone’s antennas fall off every time they do math.

The donut shouted, “Defamation!” when the muffin lied that it had a hole in its brain instead of its middle.

In Monster School, defamation is when one monster lies that another sleeps with a night-light on.

Calling your brother “King of the Stinky Socks” is rude, but it’s only defamation if you tell everyone he smells when he actually doesn’t.

Calling the teacher a secret superhero is not defamation, but calling her an alien slime monster (when she isn’t) might be.

She found defamation painted on her door, defamation whispered in the market, defamation posted as a photo, defamation spread by a text. Tears blurred the paint; neighbors stepped closer. She held out a clean white paper and read aloud the truth. The crowd fell quiet, the defamation faded, and people helped wipe it away.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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