What does finger-pointing mean?
Definitions for finger-pointing
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Princeton's WordNet
finger-pointing, fingerpointingnoun
the imputation of blame
"they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop"
Wiktionary
finger-pointingnoun
The making of accusations, the assigning of blame.
Etymology: From to point one's finger at "to accuse, to assign blame to".
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finger-pointing
Finger-pointing is the act of placing blame or accusing someone else for a mistake, problem, or wrongdoing, often in an attempt to deflect responsibility from oneself. It is often viewed negatively because it promotes defensiveness and conflict instead of collaboration and problem-solving.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of finger-pointing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of finger-pointing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of finger-pointing in a Sentence
There’s a huge, huge question about the cause of this failure, not from a point of view of finger-pointing, but for understanding if we should expect new vehicles to operate reliably from the beginning.
It's not too much to expect leaders to bring us together, to unite our country, to find a way to reach out to us, to our greater good, and make sure that we rise above all of the accusations, the hate and finger-pointing.
They came here, they self-isolated for two weeks and they picked it up since they've been here, i don't want any finger pointing at these hard-working migrant workers. They're good people, they mean well, and they're hard workers too.
This is not a finger pointing exercise, this is an exercise with the singular purpose to find lessons learned, and apply them to current and future cases.
There's a huge, huge question about the cause of this failure, not from a point of view of finger-pointing, but for understanding if we should expect new vehicles to operate reliably from the beginning.
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