This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

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• Wordscraper
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n. A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.

n. False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.

n. The act of calumniating; calumny.

n. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

"If we're going by just "overrated" not all the way to "terribly disappointing" I'd like to nominate Lolita, as, even though it's a calumniation of many Nabikov obsessions, it is certainly not his best."

derogation    depreciation    disparagement   

vilification    libel    name calling    blackwash    epithet   

canonicalization    stunting    shedder    self-injury    counterfeiting