Name-calling is never productive.
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Name-calling
Synonyms for "name-calling" (7 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 10 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تنابز بالألقاب noun (abusive or insulting language)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 罵人 /骂人 noun (abusive or insulting language)
Dutch
1 entries- gescheld noun (abusive or insulting language)
Finnish
1 entries- nimittely noun (abusive or insulting language)
German
1 entries- Beschimpfung noun (abusive or insulting language)
Japanese
2 entries- 悪口 noun (abusive or insulting language)
- 悪罵 noun (abusive or insulting language)
Portuguese
1 entries- xingamento noun (abusive or insulting language)
Russian
4 entries- брань noun (abusive or insulting language)
- обзыва́ние noun (abusive or insulting language)
- оха́ивание noun (abusive or insulting language)
- очерни́тельство noun (abusive or insulting language)
Spanish
2 entries- insultar noun (abusive or insulting language)
- insultos noun (abusive or insulting language)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ла́йка noun (abusive or insulting language)
- обзива́ння noun (abusive or insulting language)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Now they find themselves in a dangerous game of name-calling and one-upmanship.
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The candidates insulted each other with cutting barbs, name-calling and personal attacks.
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We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.
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