Finger-pointing
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 The act of pointing a finger or fingers. uncountable, usually
"Fortunately, more often, these authorial throat-clearings and finger-pointings enrich the text. Even the sample quoted above moves on to a vivid evocation of the very physical aspects of a hunt. Perhaps surprisingly for a writer so easily caricatured as a dry Marxist theoretician, Berger excels in such sensual descriptions."
- 2 the imputation of blame wordnet
- 3 The making of accusations; the assigning of blame. figuratively, informal, uncountable, usually
"With the folding in November of Los Angeles Opera Theater came the expected finger-pointings and second-guessings among company officials."
- 1 present participle and gerund of finger-point form-of, gerund, participle, present
Synonyms
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More examples"Fortunately, more often, these authorial throat-clearings and finger-pointings enrich the text. Even the sample quoted above moves on to a vivid evocation of the very physical aspects of a hunt. Perhaps surprisingly for a writer so easily caricatured as a dry Marxist theoretician, Berger excels in such sensual descriptions."
Etymology
From finger + pointing.
From finger-point + -ing.
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