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An example use of slander in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… the very word is a slander the very word …”
Slander is a false and malicious statement about someone that is made with the intent to harm their reputation.
the word slander occurs in english on average 2.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that slander can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;