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naming and shaming

naming and shaming is the present participle and gerund of name and shame.

Meaning of name and shame

Verb

name and shame (third-person singular simple present names and shames, present participle naming and shaming, simple past and past participle named and shamed)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To publish the name of (a person or organization that has committed some transgression) so as to single them out for individual blame and censure.
    • The England captain Courtney Lawes believes “unacceptable” racist behaviour must be stamped out of rugby and those responsible named and shamed following last week’s shocking revelations by his former teammate Luther Burrell.2022 July 1, Gerard Meagher, “England’s Courtney Lawes wants racists in rugby union named and shamed”, in The Guardian

Questions about naming and shaming

What is naming and shaming the present participle and gerund of?
Naming and shaming is the present participle and gerund of name and shame.

Words near naming and shaming in the dictionary

  1. Namiki
  2. Namiko
  3. namilumab
  4. naming
  5. naming after
  6. naming and shaming
  7. naming collision
  8. naming collisions
  9. naming convention
  10. naming conventions
  11. naming names

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Adapted from Wiktionary: naming and shaming (page history and authors); name and shame (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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