NAME CALLING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

Example:

sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me

Synonyms:

name calling; names

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("name calling" is a kind of...):

calumniation; calumny; defamation; hatchet job; obloquy; traducement (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)

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