- name-calling
- noun Date: 1853 the use of offensive names especially to win an argument or to induce rejection or condemnation (as of a person or project) without objective consideration of the facts
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
name-calling
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Name calling — is a phenomenon studied by a variety of academic disciplines from anthropology, to child psychology, to politics. It is also studied by rhetoricians, and a variety of other disciplines that study propaganda techniques and their causes and effects … Wikipedia
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name-calling — n. to engage in, go in for, resort to name calling * * * [ neɪmˌkɔːlɪŋ] go in for resort to name calling to engage in … Combinatory dictionary
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name-calling — noun (U) the act of saying nasty things about someone: children subjected to jibes and name calling … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
name-calling — /ˈneɪm kɔlɪŋ/ (say naym kawling) noun abusive remarks directed at an opponent rather than at the argument put forward: the interview degenerated into mere name calling …
name calling — See: CALL NAMES … Dictionary of American idioms
name calling — See: CALL NAMES … Dictionary of American idioms
