2. Noun. An act of mudslinging. ¹
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Definition of Mudslinging
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mudslinging
Literary usage of Mudslinging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United States: From Aboriginal Times to Taft's Administration by John Clark Ridpath (1911)
"It was a clean and dignified and honest campaign on the part of the candidates,
and entirely free from mudslinging and personalities. ..."
2. Corruption in American Politics and Life by Robert Clarkson Brooks (1910)
"When this is denied, recourse to the charge of corruption by an adverse interest
lies very close to a hand already habituated to mudslinging. ..."
3. The Modern City and Its Government by William Parr Capes (1922)
"... and he will not ask its suffrage and undergo the horrible mudslinging of
political campaigns. He will serve the public but only on certain conditions. ..."
4. Hostile to Democracy: The Movement System and Political Repression in Uganda by Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"... insulting or derogatory statements, exaggerations, caricatures, or words of
ridicule, or using derisive or mudslinging words.245 These prohibitions on ..."
5. Leon Abbett's New Jersey: The Emergence of the Modern Governor by Richard A. Hogarty (2001)
"When the counterattack was in full swing, the Democrats did plenty of mudslinging
of their own. They painted Dixon as a cold-hearted judge who favored ..."
6. Official Proceedings by International Acetylene Association (1908)
"... get business by misstating facts and by systematic "mudslinging" that undoubtedly
has its effect; though happily quite often to their own disadvantage. ..."
7. History of the United States: From Aboriginal Times to Taft's Administration by John Clark Ridpath (1911)
"It was a clean and dignified and honest campaign on the part of the candidates,
and entirely free from mudslinging and personalities. ..."
8. Corruption in American Politics and Life by Robert Clarkson Brooks (1910)
"When this is denied, recourse to the charge of corruption by an adverse interest
lies very close to a hand already habituated to mudslinging. ..."
9. The Modern City and Its Government by William Parr Capes (1922)
"... and he will not ask its suffrage and undergo the horrible mudslinging of
political campaigns. He will serve the public but only on certain conditions. ..."
10. Hostile to Democracy: The Movement System and Political Repression in Uganda by Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"... insulting or derogatory statements, exaggerations, caricatures, or words of
ridicule, or using derisive or mudslinging words.245 These prohibitions on ..."
11. Leon Abbett's New Jersey: The Emergence of the Modern Governor by Richard A. Hogarty (2001)
"When the counterattack was in full swing, the Democrats did plenty of mudslinging
of their own. They painted Dixon as a cold-hearted judge who favored ..."
12. Official Proceedings by International Acetylene Association (1908)
"... get business by misstating facts and by systematic "mudslinging" that undoubtedly
has its effect; though happily quite often to their own disadvantage. ..."
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