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FINGER-POINTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does finger-pointing mean?
• FINGER-POINTING (noun)
The noun FINGER-POINTING has 1 sense:
1. the imputation of blame
Familiarity information: FINGER-POINTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The imputation of blame
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
finger-pointing; fingerpointing
Context example:
they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop
Hypernyms ("finger-pointing" is a kind of...):
imputation (a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense))
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