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traduce

[ truh-doos, -dyoos ]

verb (used with object)

, tra·duced, tra·duc·ing.
  1. to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame:

    to traduce someone's character.

    Synonyms: disparage, decry, vilify

    Antonyms: praise



traduce

/ trəˈdjuːs /

verb

  1. tr to speak badly of
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • traˈducer, noun
  • traˈducible, adjective
  • traˈducement, noun
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Other Words From

  • tra·ducement noun
  • tra·ducer noun
  • tra·ducing·ly adverb
  • untra·duced adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of traduce1

1525–35; < Latin trādūcere, variant of trānsdūcere to transfer, display, expose, equivalent to trāns- trans- + dūcere to lead
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Word History and Origins

Origin of traduce1

C16: from Latin trādūcere to lead over, transmit, disgrace, from trans- + dūcere to lead
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Example Sentences

The first minister said that he and "so many people of colour have been traduced and vilified merely for raising concerns about how some of these debates have been handled".

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He accused senators investigating the UN Oil-for-Food programme of being "cavalier" with justice, saying they had "traduced" his name.

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“The government will in no way traduce or criticize the work of the committee who are doing exactly what Parliament has asked them to do.”

Ms Forbes says she does not know if seeing a public figure like her being "absolutely traduced" for her views has made them braver or more fearful.

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It’s difficult, she acknowledges, for women “to achieve self-worth” when they have been so often “diminished, traduced, silenced by history.”

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