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The phrase "attack on character" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about personal criticism or disparagement, often in the context of debates or arguments.
Example: "During the debate, the candidate's opponent resorted to an attack on character rather than addressing the issues at hand."
Alternatives: "character assassination" or "personal attack".
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For the attack on character Robert Muldoon and some parts of the kitchen scene, the raptors were played by men in suits.
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On Sunday, Robert Gibbs, a political adviser to President Obama, criticized such attacks on "character and faith".
This is a line suggested by the psychologist Gordon Allport in his response to early attacks on character mounted by stimulus-response theorists.
Hard to predict how she will respond if relentlessly attacked on character issues like her ethics, honesty, and relationships with wealthy donors, or on her husband's character (such as his past infidelities).
In a contest that was much closer and not settled until Wednesday morning Rick Scott, a Republican, was elected governor over his Democratic opponent, Alex Sink.The race between Mr. Scott, a health care executive, and Ms. Sink, the state's chief financial officer and a former bank executive, was marked by attacks on character by both sides.
When the Vietnam War ended in 1975, troops came home not to the accolades and war heroes' welcome of days past, but to personal attacks on character based on the condemnation of the war itself.
Most of the attacks from his opponents so far, even when they are about the health care bill, attack him on character grounds.
Indeed, an attack on one's character or social rank is likely to provoke anger and, in many cases, a wish for revenge.
This is a scurrilous and libelous attack on my character".
He is also magnanimous about Tozzi's attack on his character.
It is difficult to recover from an attack on your character that appears in the cornerstone text of Western philosophy.
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