| 单词 | whataboutism |
| 释义 | whataboutism[ hwuht-uh-bou-tiz-uhm, wuht‐, hwot‐, wot‐ ] / ˌʰwʌt əˈbaʊ tɪz əm, ˌwʌt‐, ˌʰwɒt‐, ˌwɒt‐ / nouna conversational tactic in which a person responds to an argument or attack by changing the subject to focus on someone else’s misconduct, implying that all criticism is invalid because no one is completely blameless: Excusing your mistakes with whataboutism is not the same as defending your record. Origin of whataboutismFirst recorded in 2000–05; from the phrase what about? + -ism Words nearby whataboutismwharves, what, whata, what about, whataboutery, whataboutism, what'd, what-do-you-call-it, what do you know, what do you take me for?, whate'er Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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