A German court on Tuesday ruled a 700-year-old anti-Semitic sculpture could stay on the exterior of a church in the city of Wittenberg, dismissing a claim by a member of the local Jewish community that it was defamatory and should be removed.
Temerity at the Top
By DAVID BROOKS
If we want to encourage more economic growth, we could start by not bashing the few super-ambitious people at the top.
Stop bashing the business schools
Responses to certain defamatory accusations laid at the doors of business schools.
Responses to certain defamatory accusations laid at the doors of business schools.
Scottish Cop Isn’t Fazed by Protests or Bagpipes
By JANET MASLIN
Mr. Rankin’s new crime story has the temerity to treat the July 2005 G-8 conference in Edinburgh as the backdrop for a case involving sex offenders and a serial killer.
When someone has the temerity to ask "do we need to do this?" the answer is frequently "we've always done it this way", or, even worse, "we like to be extra-safe".
By JANET MASLIN
Mr. Rankin’s new crime story has the temerity to treat the July 2005 G-8 conference in Edinburgh as the backdrop for a case involving sex offenders and a serial killer.
When someone has the temerity to ask "do we need to do this?" the answer is frequently "we've always done it this way", or, even worse, "we like to be extra-safe".
TOKYO — In an abrupt turnabout, the Japanese
government on Wednesday stopped short of formally adopting the goal it
announced just last week — to phase out nuclear power by 2040 — after
the plan drew intense opposition from business groups and ...
defamatory
a.Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings.
Meaning #1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous
| (Used of statements) Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. | |
| Synonyms: | defamatory, denigrating, libelous, slanderous |
| Usage: | He concluded by calling for an investigation, which might dispose of the calumnious report before it had time to spread. |
- 音節
- ca • lum • ni • ous
- 発音
- kəlʌ'mniəs
[形]中傷的な, 中傷する.
ca・lum・ni・ous・ly
[副]
temerity[te・mer・i・ty]
- [名][U]((形式))向こう見ず, 無鉄砲, 無謀.
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