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name-calling

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Etymology

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Comparecall names.

Noun

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name-calling (countable anduncountable,pluralname-callings)

  1. The use ofderogatorylabels inverbalattacks on a person or otherentity.
    • 1940, Bessie Louise Pierce,A History of Chicago, volume 2, page389:
      So inflammatory were the words of some preachers during these trying years that a resolution to silence, by mayoral proclamation, a continuation ofname-calling from the pulpit was presented to the city council by one would-be pacifier.
    • 2011, Mike Mose,One Drop Too White, page107:
      The next day things got heated in the schoolyard as thename calling began. It was three against one.
    • 2023 April 27, Jim Robbins, Mike Baker, Jacey Fortin, “A Transgender Lawmaker Is Exiled as Montana G.O.P. Flexes New Power”, inThe New York Times[1],→ISSN:
      [] 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 andname-calling.

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abusive or insulting language

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