whataboutism

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A logical fallacy where criticisms are deflected by raising unrelated criticisms of the opposite side. countable,rhetoric,uncountable
    — And I'd no time at all for 'What aboutism' - you know, people who said 'Yes, but what about what's been done to us? ... That had nothing to do with it, and if you got into it you were defending the indefensible.

词形变化

whataboutisms plural

词源

From what about + -ism. First use appears c. 1978 in The Guardian.
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