How to say "defamation" in Japanese

• 中傷ちゅうしょうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers defamation as the act of attacking someone's character with false statements, spoken or written; the nuance is malicious badmouthing, typical of gossip and hostile press coverage.
  ※基本的きほんてきな禁止事項きんしじこう（誹謗ひぼう・中傷ちゅうしょうの禁止きんし等とう）は「はじめにお読よみ下ください」に記載きさいしてあります。必かならずお読よみください。↗

  * The basic prohibitions (No slander, libel, etc.) are noted in the "Read me first." Please be sure to read it.
• 毀損きそんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbReally a word for damage or injury, as to reputation or honor; its 'defamation' sense names the harm done rather than the act of speaking, so it is seldom the word for slander itself.

Use 中傷 for defamation as the act of slanderously attacking someone's reputation; 毀損 is really a word for damage or injury, its 'defamation' sense pointing to the harm rather than the speech.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 中傷ちゅうしょうslander
• 毀損きそんdamage
• 誹毀ひきdefamation
• 讒言ざんげんfalse charge
• 讒謗ざんぼうlibel
• 名誉毀損めいよきそんlibel
• 誹謗中傷ひぼうちゅうしょうslander
• 讒ざんfalse charge
• 侮辱罪ぶじょくざい(crime of) defamation (i.e. slander, libel)
• 名誉毀損罪めいよきそんざい(crime of) defamation