whispering campaign

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   the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate

   Broadercampaigning

Questions about whispering campaign

What does whispering campaign mean?

whispering campaign means "the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate".

Is whispering campaign a common word?

whispering campaign is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.