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Descriptor English: Defamation
Descriptor Spanish: Difamación
Descriptor difamación
Entry term(s) calumnia
injuria
libelo
vilipendio
Scope note: Declaraciones públicas falsas que son ilegales y perjudiciales para la reputación de una persona, grupo, empresa, organización o institución.
Descriptor Portuguese: Difamação
Descriptor French: Diffamation
Entry term(s): Calumnies
Calumny
Defamations
Libel
Libels
Slander
Vilification
Vilifications
Tree number(s): I01.198.240.240
I01.880.735.191.051
SP3.311.900.686.205.421
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000067448
Scope note: Public false statements that are illegal and damaging to the reputation of a person, group, business, organization, or institution.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2016
History Note: 2016
Related: Jurisprudence MeSH
DeCS ID: 56154
Unique ID: D000067448
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/01
Revision Date: 2015/07/01
Defamation - Preferred
Concept UI M000599541
Scope note Public false statements that are illegal and damaging to the reputation of a person, group, business, organization, or institution.
Preferred term Defamation
Entry term(s) Calumnies
Calumny
Defamations
Vilification
Vilifications
Slander - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000600202
Scope note Orally communicated statements intended to harm.
Preferred term Slander
Libel - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000601365
Scope note Written statements intended to harm
Preferred term Libel
Entry term(s) Libels



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