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both-sidesed

both-sidesed is the simple past and past participle of both-sides.

Meaning of both-sides

Verb

both-sides (third-person singular simple present both-sideses, present participle both-sidesing, simple past and past participle both-sidesed)

  1. (derogatory) To engage in bothsidesism, to treat a policy debate or controversy as a conflict between two equally valid (or equally dangerous, etc) viewpoints.
    • "McConnell badly needs the media's both-sidesing instincts to hold firm against the brute facts of the situation."2019, Deember 30, Greg Sargent, "Explosive New Revelations Just Weakened Trump's Impeachment Defense", The Washington Post Plum Line blog.

Questions about both-sidesed

What is both-sidesed the simple past and past participle of?
Both-sidesed is the simple past and past participle of both-sides.

Words near both-sidesed in the dictionary

  1. both-sided
  2. both-sidedness
  3. both-sideism
  4. both-siderism
  5. both-sides
  6. both-sidesed
  7. both-sideses
  8. both-sidesing
  9. both-sidesism
  10. both-sidism
  11. both/and

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