- name\ calling
- See: call names
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
name\ calling
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Name calling — is a phenomenon studied by a variety of academic disciplines from anthropology, to child psychology, to politics. It is also studied by rhetoricians, and a variety of other disciplines that study propaganda techniques and their causes and effects … Wikipedia
name-calling — name .calling n [U] when people use unpleasant words to describe someone in order to insult or upset them ▪ playground teasing including name calling … Dictionary of contemporary English
name-calling — [nām′kôl΄iŋ] n. the use of disparaging or abusive names in attacking another name caller n … English World dictionary
name-calling — name ,calling noun uncount the act of saying insulting things to or about someone … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
name-calling — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the use of opprobrious designations especially to win an argument or to induce rejection or condemnation (as of a person or project) without due and unimpassioned consideration of relevant facts the campaign degenerated into … Useful english dictionary
name-calling — n. to engage in, go in for, resort to name calling * * * [ neɪmˌkɔːlɪŋ] go in for resort to name calling to engage in … Combinatory dictionary
name-calling — call (someone) names to use impolite or unpleasant words to describe someone. If you think about all that name calling that goes on in school playgrounds, kids can be very cruel … New idioms dictionary
name-calling — noun (U) the act of saying nasty things about someone: children subjected to jibes and name calling … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
name-calling — /ˈneɪm kɔlɪŋ/ (say naym kawling) noun abusive remarks directed at an opponent rather than at the argument put forward: the interview degenerated into mere name calling …
name calling — See: CALL NAMES … Dictionary of American idioms
name calling — See: CALL NAMES … Dictionary of American idioms
