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bothsideism

UK/bəʊθˈsaɪ.dɪ.zəm/US/boʊθˈsaɪ.dɪ.zəm/

bothsideism noun: bothsidesism.

Noun

bothsideism (uncountable)

  1. Bothsidesism.
    • Not only does criticism not come in equal shapes and sizes, appropriate for all presidents and both political parties (a journalistic curse called “bothsideism”), but, when unfairly applied, as it has been in covering Biden, it runs the serious risk of further damaging our still free press and...2022 July 21, Marvin Kalb, “Press “bothsideism” has failed Biden, and America”, in Brookings

Forms of bothsideism

alternative formboth-sideism
alternative formboth-sidism
alternative formbothsidism

Origin of bothsideism

From both side + -ism.

Questions about bothsideism

What does bothsideism mean?
Bothsideism means bothsidesism.
What part of speech is bothsideism?
Bothsideism is a noun.
How do you pronounce bothsideism?
Bothsideism is pronounced /bəʊθˈsaɪ.dɪ.zəm/ (UK).

Words near bothsideism in the dictionary

  1. bothropoid
  2. bothropoids
  3. bothros
  4. bothrosome
  5. bothrosomes
  6. bothsideism
  7. bothsider
  8. bothsiderism
  9. bothsidesism
  10. bothsidesisms
  11. bothsidesist

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