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bothsidesist en · ADJ

Etymology

From both sides + -ist, see bothsidesism.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to bothsidesism.
    • “If you’re wondering how Jon Stewart’s bullshit bothsidesist return went over…” former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann posted to X, formerly Twitter. “The antisemite racist conspiracy nuts LOVED it.” 2024 February 13, Zachary Leeman, “Jon Stewart Angers Liberal Viewers By Criticizing Biden: ‘Racist Conspiracy Theory Nuts LOVED It!’”, in Mediaite:
    • Tommy is like Joel because he, too, has abandoned society at large, but Tommy contrasts sharply with Joel because his bothsidesist rejection of FEDRA and the Fireflies doesn’t lead him to the hunters or cutthroat smuggling. 2022 February 15, J. Jesse Ramirez, Rules of the Father in The Last of Us: Masculinity Among the Ruins of Neoliberalism, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 40:

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bothsidesist en · NOUN

Etymology

From both sides + -ist, see bothsidesism.

Meanings

  1. One who uses bothsidesism.
    • Now consider a situation where correct and incorrect beliefs about some policy are initially distributed more or less randomly across the political spectrum. This is the ideal case for bothsidesists who will point out the inconsistencies. 2022 December 27, John Q, “Why the (US) right is always wrong … and how both-sidesists help to ensure this”, in Crooked Timber:

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