Name-calling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Name-calling is a noun meaning The use of derogatory labels in verbal attacks on a person or other entity.
Meaning
The use of derogatory labels in verbal attacks on a person or other entity.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of name-call
Example Sentences
The next day things got heated in the schoolyard as the name calling began. It was three against one.
Can dark woke get the Democrats a Senate seat back in Ohio? What about Montana? Will enough name-calling put the Democrats in the mix in Missouri? It’s unlikely.
[…] a former Republican lawmaker who left the Legislature earlier this year after she clashed with party leaders over a series of proposed transgender bills and closed-door meetings, she said, devolved into yelling and name-calling.
So inflammatory were the words of some preachers during these trying years that a resolution to silence, by mayoral proclamation, a continuation of name-calling from the pulpit was presented to the city council by one would-be pacifier.
Word Forms
- name-callings
- namecalling
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include insult, invective, abuse, callout, vituperation, contumely.
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