the act of assigning blame as for a harmful policy or unwise decision to another or others, often in an effort to deflect blame from oneself
A woman engaged in finger-pointing.
Finger pointing is defined as casting blame or assigning the blame for something to someone else.
An example of finger pointing is telling your mom "My sister broke the vase!"
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finger-pointing
noun
The act of blaming someone for something; the imputation of blame.
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Origin
From to point one's finger at "to accuse, to assign blame to".
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Sentence Examples
- Now is not the time for finger-pointing, nor to politicize the problem.
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