Name Calling

Word NAME CALLING
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Definitions and meanings of "Name Calling"

What do we mean by name calling?

Verbal abuse; insulting language. noun

Abusive or insulting language. noun

The use of abusive or insulting language.

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The word "name-calling" in example sentences

I endured those tough years of loneliness and name-calling by working hard, fending off the bullies with wit, humor and inner toughness, and by being one of the smartest kids in the classroom. ❋ Gary Cohan (2010)

"Name It. Change It." is a joint venture of The Women's Campaign Forum, Women's Media Center and Political Parity to research sexual bias and profane name-calling in the media, among other related issues. ❋ Emi Kolawole (2010)

The hyperbole, and the name-calling, and the inability to have a discussion without resorting to either of those tactics is really undermining the way politics is done in America, and the way anything can get done. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Worse than the regular name-calling and denigration of activists is the anti-prostitution movement's refusal to engage in any of these activists 'experiences or to fairly represent their opinions. ❋ Monica Shores (2010)

It also has become clear to me that these individuals are interested in having a richer, more civil and more enlightening conversation about the topic than is evidenced by Coulter's name-calling. ❋ Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman (2011)

Or the political science major who insists that the democratic process doesn't have to devolve into partisan name-calling? ❋ Jen Chaney (2010)

However, what followed, unfortunately, was a return to the same old politics of name-calling and moral righteousness that helped get us into this mess in the first place. ❋ Ben Austin (2011)

Psychological abuse, i.e. relentless taunting and name-calling? ❋ Box Seats Blogger (2010)

And I think that if you make these, yes, extremist or inflammatory rhetorical claims, you put the opposition in a tough spot because the opposition, it will either be reduced to name-calling, calling you an extremist, or taking you on - taking your words on at face value, which is where you want them because you don't really mean what you're saying anyway. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Long after hitting and name-calling have been outlawed by the teachers, a more damaging phenomenon is allowed to take root, spreading like a weed from grade to grade. ❋ Robert Koehler (2010)

By all means, intelligently debate the issues, but please, out of respect for our fellow human beings, can we leave the name-calling, labels and put-downs aside? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even if you could argue that favoring a narrow inheritance tax is a Marxist tenet, using some very tenuous definition of "tenet," it's still inane name-calling to claim that advocating for one means a candidate has Marxist views. ❋ Stephen Stromberg (2010)

Ms. CARY: Well, I think when you can't argue on the policies, you start throwing the kitchen sink and name-calling and using this extreme label. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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