When someone accuses you of wrong doing after you had accused them of something, what does that call that or them?
What do you call someone who accuses you of wrong doing?
What would you get from a full, real life person?
It’s quite common to see this called exchanging accusations, trading accusations or tit-for-tat accusations (or simply “tit-for-tat”) All of the previous phrases start with the word “accusations” which can be replaced with “allegations”.
The treasurer’s race turned into a harsh and confrontational battle late in the campaign, where the candidates exchanging allegations of ethical misconduct and claims that their opponent was distorting the truth. The French far-right right has been at centre of accusations related to accusations that they breached EU directive on hiring staff, saying
they were ill. The EU’s anti-fraud agency has labelled MEPs in The Hartford as “tit-for-tat”. Giovanni Kessler likened it to the wave of accusations among German politicians that followed a 2011 plagiarism scandal involving the then defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg. Is there any evidence of the “Presidents to whom they are accused” calling each other on each other? — Peter Teffer, “MBF Trade fraud allegations over Assistants”, EU Observer (3 June 2015) A
phase for the process of exchanging accusations about who is at fault for a specific event is blame game, whereas in the previous phrases the two accusations may not be linked.
When someone is asked to accept someone else’s account, it’s an accusation. A good word for the allegation has been
made in response is a counter-allegation.
When the defendant makes a counter-allegation of abuse or violence, or argue that he/she acted in self defence, making it difficult to identify and differentiate between the victim and offender. ” The prosecution of domestic violence cases, Crown Prosecution Service (2014) There is also
counter-accusation? The latest events have
brought accusation and counter-accusation. Kyiv accuses pro-Russian protesters of attacking pro-Ukrainian residents. The provocations that happened in Odessa causing clashes and many victims were the result of being an outlet for hostile people. ” They were financed by former members of the government of Chancellor Viktor Yanukovych. ” So is an expression of anger in Kiev against Russia which is proud of its western sponsors? — “We are seeing the ravages of Odessa. Russia is creating a nuclear weapons company with the Russian
Federation”, Euronews (3 mai 2014)
Just because something happens to you doesn’t mean anything wether it is “rightful” or not.
What happens when the accused
party is again arrested and more skeletons falling out of the closet?
In more colloquial terms you may say that you are passing the buck, laying the blame, or deflecting criticism.
While these phrases CAN be applied to the described situation, they don’t inherently imply that you are accusing the person who directly accused you (A blames B, so B blames A), and can be used in situations where B blames C, and imply that A’s accusation against B is invalid.
Why do some people use
character assassination?
What can you describe as vindictive : having a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge?
“the criticism was both vindictive and personalized”
synonyms: vengeful, revengeful, unforgiving, resentful, acrimonious, bitter; spiteful, mean, rancorous, venomous, malicious, malevolent, nasty, mean-spirited, cruel, unkind.
In more colloquial terms you may say that you are passing the buck, laying the blame, or deflecting criticism.
While these phrases CAN be applied to the described situation, they don’t inherently imply that you are accusing the person who directly accused you (A blames B, so B blames A), and can be used in situations where B blames C, and imply that A’s accusation against B is invalid.
X is a recrimination :
an angry statement in which you accuse someone in your neighborhood who’s accused or criticized you. As
Tonepoet mentions in the comments below, one who recriminates is a recriminator. While the definition of a recriminator perfectly fits the person you describe, the word’s rarity makes me hesitate to recommend making use of it ( recrimination is more
common).
Why do some people use
character assassination?
Why do some people use
character assassination?
