Synonyms for name calling
name call·ing

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1. name calling, namesnoun

   verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

   "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"

   Synonyms:
   names

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1. Al Schmidt:

   After the president tweeted at me, by name, calling me out the way that he did, the threats became much more specific, much more graphic. And included not just me, by name, but included members of my family, by name, their ages, our address, pictures of our home. Just every bit of detail that you could imagine. That was what changed with that tweet.

2. Kristen Waggoner:

   It’s all about name calling and bullying and shaming people into shutting up.

3. The Ohio governor:

   Right now, the divisiveness, the division, the name calling, it just doesn't go down well with me.

4. David Jordan:

   In the politics of the present, where we are into politics of name calling and insult... I think it's probably unwise for The BBC to get ourselves into a position where we're calling out people for being liars or being racist, what is really important is that we look at the things that people say, that we analyze them, that we describe them objectively and as analytically as we can and we call them out for what they are at the time.

5. Cindy Hill:

   It's very nice. There's no name calling.