Bothsidesist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who uses bothsidesism.

    "Now consider a situation where correct and incorrect beliefs about some policy are initially distributed more or less randomly across the political spectrum. This is the ideal case for bothsidesists who will point out the inconsistencies."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to bothsidesism.

    "Tommy is like Joel because he, too, has abandoned society at large, but Tommy contrasts sharply with Joel because his bothsidesist rejection of FEDRA and the Fireflies doesn’t lead him to the hunters or cutthroat smuggling."

Example

More examples

"Tommy is like Joel because he, too, has abandoned society at large, but Tommy contrasts sharply with Joel because his bothsidesist rejection of FEDRA and the Fireflies doesn’t lead him to the hunters or cutthroat smuggling."

Etymology

From both sides + -ist, see bothsidesism.

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