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name-callings

name-callings is the plural of name-calling.

Meaning of name-calling

Noun

name-calling (countable and uncountable, plural name-callings)

  1. The use of derogatory labels in verbal attacks on a person or other entity.
    • So inflammatory were the words of some preachers during these trying years that a resolution to silence, by mayoral proclamation, a continuation of name-calling from the pulpit was presented to the city council by one would-be pacifier.1940, Bessie Louise Pierce, A History of Chicago, volume 2, page 389

Questions about name-callings

What is name-callings the plural of?
Name-callings is the plural of name-calling.

Words near name-callings in the dictionary

  1. name-call
  2. name-called
  3. name-caller
  4. name-callers
  5. name-calling
  6. name-callings
  7. name-calls
  8. name-card
  9. name-cards
  10. name-change
  11. name-check

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