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French
Etymology
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
Noun
diffamation f (plural diffamations)
- defamation
2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde: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)
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