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FINGER-POINTING

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• FINGER-POINTING (noun)
The noun FINGER-POINTING has 1 sense:

1. the imputation of blame

Familiarity information: FINGER-POINTING used as a noun is very rare.

• FINGER-POINTING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The imputation of blame

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

finger-pointing; fingerpointing

Context example:

they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop

Hypernyms ("finger-pointing" is a kind of...):

imputation (a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense))

"Cross the stream where it is the shallowest."
(English proverb)
"The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives."
(Native American proverb, Sioux)
"What you cannot see during the day, you will not see at night."
(West African proverb)
"Even fleas want to cough."
(Corsican proverb)

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