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both-sidesing

both-sidesing is the present participle and gerund 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-sidesing

What is both-sidesing the present participle and gerund of?
Both-sidesing is the present participle and gerund of both-sides.

Words near both-sidesing in the dictionary

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

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