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both-sideses

both-sideses is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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-sideses

What is both-sideses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Both-sideses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of both-sides.

Words near both-sideses in the dictionary

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

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