The quality or state of being calumnious; the characteristic of involving false and damaging accusations.
From 'calumnious' plus the noun suffix '-ness,' creating an abstract noun describing the quality of being slanderous.
The 'calumniousness' of a statement refers to how thoroughly and intentionally false and damaging it is—a way to measure the severity of slander.
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