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The point of calumny is, at the very least, to lower the opinion one person has of another person.  

The point of calumny is, at the very least, to lower the opinion one person has of another person.  

You can engage in [[detraction]] without intending to do damage to the person you are discussing, but calumny is by definition [[Malice|malicious]]. ''Calumny'', or ''a calumny'', is ''[[ipso facto]]'' an untrue statement, more precisely a '''[[lie]]''', knowingly made about someone in order to reduce other people's respect and admiration for that person. This includes calumniating art, the making of mocking images, cartoons, pictures, sculpture, skits, plays and films which falsely represent others as worthy of contempt.<ref>For example the notorious play and film ''[[The Deputy]]'' (1966) which has been demonstrably debunked as Soviet propaganda to falsely defame [[Pope Pius XII]] as complicit in the [[Holocaust]] of the Jews in [[World War II]]. DVD documentary: '''A Hand of Peace: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust''' copyright 2008, Salt + Light Television Productions, 2009 Ignatius Press www.ignatius.com 1-800-651-1531.</ref>

You can engage in [[detraction]] without intending to do damage to the person you are discussing, but calumny is by definition [[Malice|malicious]]. ''Calumny'', or ''a calumny'', is ''[[ipso facto]]'' an untrue statement, more precisely a '''[[lie]]''', knowingly made about someone in order to reduce other people's respect and admiration for that person. This includes calumniating art, the making of mocking images, cartoons, pictures, sculpture, skits, plays and films which falsely represent others as worthy of contempt.<ref>For example the notorious play and film ''[[The Deputy]]'' (1966-2007) which has been demonstrably debunked as Soviet propaganda to falsely defame [[Pope Pius XII]] as complicit in the [[Holocaust]] of the Jews in [[World War II]]. DVD documentary: '''A Hand of Peace: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust''' copyright 2008, Salt + Light Television Productions, 2009 Ignatius Press www.ignatius.com 1-800-651-1531.</ref>

Calumny is also [improperly] a synonym for '''calumniate''' (''verb transitive, or verb intransitive'', from [[Latin]] ''calumniatus'', past participle of ''calumniari'' "to slander", from ''calumnia'' "slander") ''the making'' of false and [[Defamation|defamatory]] statements about someone in order to cause harm, the ''act'' of intentionally making a statement about someone that is not true and is intended to damage the reputation of that person. A notorious example of calumniation is the kind of "whisper campaigns" of high school students designed by the "in crowd" to exclude, ridicule, bully, humiliate, ostracize and intimidate other students, as a form of social bonding and (socially vicious) entertainment.

Calumny is also [improperly] a synonym for '''calumniate''' (''verb transitive, or verb intransitive'', from [[Latin]] ''calumniatus'', past participle of ''calumniari'' "to slander", from ''calumnia'' "slander") ''the making'' of false and [[Defamation|defamatory]] statements about someone in order to cause harm, the ''act'' of intentionally making a statement about someone that is not true and is intended to damage the reputation of that person. A notorious example of calumniation is the kind of "whisper campaigns" of high school students designed by the "in crowd" to exclude, ridicule, bully, humiliate, ostracize and intimidate other students, as a form of social bonding and (socially vicious) entertainment.