Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whisper campaign

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: whis-per -cam-paign
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.

Example Sentences

"Senator Harding will not authorize his headquarters to take public notice of the “whispering campaign.” There has been a difference of opinion among his advisers as to whether to ignore the slanders or to produce evidence disproving them."
"Both publicly and in a particularly unscrupulous whisper campaign the Liberals tried to change the aspect from one of folly to one of personal corruption and some of this got through to the voters."
"McCain—who was famously burned in South Carolina in 2000 after his New Hampshire victory, when a whisper campaign and George Bush's dominance of the state's Republican party structure combined to deliver a crushing blow—was openly nervous."

Inflected Forms

whisper campaigns (plural) whispering campaign (alternative)

Phrases

smear campaign

Frequently Paired Words

smear campaign

Synonyms

rumor campaign

Questions

What does whisper campaign mean?: A method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.

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