虚きょ聞ぶん

noun

false rumor; false reputation

A literary or formal term for a groundless rumor or an undeserved reputation. Rare in everyday speech; more common synonyms are デマ or 流言.

• その話はなしは単たんなる虚きょ聞ぶんに過すぎない。

  That story is nothing more than a false rumor.