finger-pointing

1. 1.

   the imputation of blame

   “they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop”

   Synonymsfingerpointing

   Broaderimputation

Questions about finger-pointing

What does finger-pointing mean?

finger-pointing means "the imputation of blame".

How many syllables are in finger-pointing?

finger-pointing has 4 syllables and divides as fin-ger--poin-ting under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for finger-pointing?

Close synonyms include fingerpointing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.