誹謗

• 読み: ひぼう
• ローマ字: hibou
• 漢字の分解: 誹 (hi) — slander, criticise; 謗 (bou) — defame, revile, vilify
• 発音: /çi.boː/

意味

Slander; defamation; libel; vilification. The act of making false or malicious statements to damage someone's reputation.

Often appears in the compound 誹謗中傷 (defamation and slander), which is a standard legal and journalistic term in Japan for targeted online abuse. 誹謗 stresses the act of reviling or slandering; 中傷 adds the element of baseless accusation. Both together describe the full spectrum of reputation-damaging speech. The compound is especially prevalent in discussions of social-media harassment.

例文

1. インターネット上の誹謗中傷に対し、法的措置を取ることを決めた。
2. 根拠のない誹謗を繰り返す投稿者の特定に、プロバイダが協力した。
3. 誹謗発言を放置すれば、名誉毀損として訴えられる恐れがある。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, social media, journalism, online harassment

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound. 誹 means to slander or criticise harshly, 謗 means to revile or defame — together forming a formal legal and literary term for damaging speech.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal