Usually means: Using derogatory labels to insult.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word name calling:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. name calling: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. name-calling: Merriam-Webster
  3. name-calling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. name-calling: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. name-calling, name-calling: Collins English Dictionary
  6. name calling: Vocabulary.com
  7. Name-Calling, Name-calling, name-calling: Wordnik
  8. name-calling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. name-calling: Wiktionary
  10. name-calling: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. name-calling: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. name-calling: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. name-calling, name calling: Dictionary.com
  14. Name-calling, Name calling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. name calling: Rhymezone
  16. name calling: FreeDictionary.org
  17. name calling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. name-calling, name calling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. name-calling, name calling: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. name-calling: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Name calling)

▸ noun:  Name-calling is a form of argument in which insulting or demeaning labels are directed at an individual or group.


Opposite:
complimenting, praising, respecting, honoring

Phrases:
petty name calling, loving name calling, more...

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Opposite:
complimenting, praising, respecting, honoring

Phrases:
petty name calling, loving name calling, more...




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