Is there a word or name to call someone that gets called a name, yet uses the same name to call others?
Example, Jim calls Bob a alcoholic, because he is one, Bob drinks alcohol every day and excessively. Bob then starts calling Jim a alcoholic too, even though Jim has never touched a drink in his life.
What is a word/name/phrase that sums up someone like Bob?
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Example, Jim calls Bob a alcoholic, because he is one, Bob drinks alcohol every day and excessively. Bob then starts calling Jim a alcoholic too, even though Jim has never touched a drink in his life.
What is a word/name/phrase that sums up someone like Bob?
single-word-requests meaning phrase-requests
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I'd say "politician".
– Hot Licks
Dec 21 at 12:27
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Not an exact fit, but you should look up the pot calling the kettle black.
– Tushar Raj
Dec 21 at 12:36
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Example, Jim calls Bob a alcoholic, because he is one, Bob drinks alcohol every day and excessively. Bob then starts calling Jim a alcoholic too, even though Jim has never touched a drink in his life.
What is a word/name/phrase that sums up someone like Bob?
single-word-requests meaning phrase-requests
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Example, Jim calls Bob a alcoholic, because he is one, Bob drinks alcohol every day and excessively. Bob then starts calling Jim a alcoholic too, even though Jim has never touched a drink in his life.
What is a word/name/phrase that sums up someone like Bob?
single-word-requests meaning phrase-requests
single-word-requests meaning phrase-requests
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I'd say "politician".
– Hot Licks
Dec 21 at 12:27
2
Not an exact fit, but you should look up the pot calling the kettle black.
– Tushar Raj
Dec 21 at 12:36
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2
I'd say "politician".
– Hot Licks
Dec 21 at 12:27
2
Not an exact fit, but you should look up the pot calling the kettle black.
– Tushar Raj
Dec 21 at 12:36
2
2
I'd say "politician".
– Hot Licks
Dec 21 at 12:27
I'd say "politician".
– Hot Licks
Dec 21 at 12:27
2
2
Not an exact fit, but you should look up the pot calling the kettle black.
– Tushar Raj
Dec 21 at 12:36
Not an exact fit, but you should look up the pot calling the kettle black.
– Tushar Raj
Dec 21 at 12:36
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Is there a word or name to call someone that gets called a name, yet
uses the same name to call others?
I'm not certain there is a word to describe a person, but to describe the act:
projection
meaning 6b.
: the attribution of one's own ideas, feelings, or attitudes to other
people or to objects especially
: the externalization of blame, guilt, or responsibility as a defense
against anxiety
Or the Urban dictionary has these definitions:
Projection (Psychological)
1) An unconscious self-defence mechanism characterised by a person
unconsciously attributing their own issues onto someone or something
else as a form of delusion and denial.
2) A way to blame others for your own negative thoughts by repressing
them and then attributing them to someone else. Due to the sorrowful
nature of delusion and denial it is very difficult for the target to
be able to clarify the reality of the situation.
3) A way to transfer guilt for your own thoughts, emotions and actions
onto another as a way of not admitting your guilt to yourself.
- This is a noun that can equally serve as a verb. "is he projecting again", "he just projected the whole thing on me as usual", "he just projects it all on everyone else" etc..
answered Dec 21 at 13:09
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A narcissist is an archetypical example of such a person. I'm not sure if every instance of projection is necessarily evidence of narcissism, though.
See https://www.learning-mind.com/what-is-psychological-projection/
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism#Traits_and_signs
answered Dec 21 at 13:39
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Is there a word or name to call someone that gets called a name, yet
uses the same name to call others?
I'm not certain there is a word to describe a person, but to describe the act:
projection
meaning 6b.
: the attribution of one's own ideas, feelings, or attitudes to other
people or to objects especially
: the externalization of blame, guilt, or responsibility as a defense
against anxiety
Or the Urban dictionary has these definitions:
Projection (Psychological)
1) An unconscious self-defence mechanism characterised by a person
unconsciously attributing their own issues onto someone or something
else as a form of delusion and denial.
2) A way to blame others for your own negative thoughts by repressing
them and then attributing them to someone else. Due to the sorrowful
nature of delusion and denial it is very difficult for the target to
be able to clarify the reality of the situation.
3) A way to transfer guilt for your own thoughts, emotions and actions
onto another as a way of not admitting your guilt to yourself.
- This is a noun that can equally serve as a verb. "is he projecting again", "he just projected the whole thing on me as usual", "he just projects it all on everyone else" etc..
answered Dec 21 at 13:09
Duckisaduckisaduck
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Is there a word or name to call someone that gets called a name, yet
uses the same name to call others?
I'm not certain there is a word to describe a person, but to describe the act:
projection
meaning 6b.
: the attribution of one's own ideas, feelings, or attitudes to other
people or to objects especially
: the externalization of blame, guilt, or responsibility as a defense
against anxiety
Or the Urban dictionary has these definitions:
Projection (Psychological)
1) An unconscious self-defence mechanism characterised by a person
unconsciously attributing their own issues onto someone or something
else as a form of delusion and denial.
2) A way to blame others for your own negative thoughts by repressing
them and then attributing them to someone else. Due to the sorrowful
nature of delusion and denial it is very difficult for the target to
be able to clarify the reality of the situation.
3) A way to transfer guilt for your own thoughts, emotions and actions
onto another as a way of not admitting your guilt to yourself.
- This is a noun that can equally serve as a verb. "is he projecting again", "he just projected the whole thing on me as usual", "he just projects it all on everyone else" etc..
answered Dec 21 at 13:09
Duckisaduckisaduck
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Is there a word or name to call someone that gets called a name, yet
uses the same name to call others?
I'm not certain there is a word to describe a person, but to describe the act:
projection
meaning 6b.
: the attribution of one's own ideas, feelings, or attitudes to other
people or to objects especially
: the externalization of blame, guilt, or responsibility as a defense
against anxiety
Or the Urban dictionary has these definitions:
Projection (Psychological)
1) An unconscious self-defence mechanism characterised by a person
unconsciously attributing their own issues onto someone or something
else as a form of delusion and denial.
2) A way to blame others for your own negative thoughts by repressing
them and then attributing them to someone else. Due to the sorrowful
nature of delusion and denial it is very difficult for the target to
be able to clarify the reality of the situation.
3) A way to transfer guilt for your own thoughts, emotions and actions
onto another as a way of not admitting your guilt to yourself.
- This is a noun that can equally serve as a verb. "is he projecting again", "he just projected the whole thing on me as usual", "he just projects it all on everyone else" etc..
answered Dec 21 at 13:09
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,246616
Is there a word or name to call someone that gets called a name, yet
uses the same name to call others?
I'm not certain there is a word to describe a person, but to describe the act:
projection
meaning 6b.
: the attribution of one's own ideas, feelings, or attitudes to other
people or to objects especially
: the externalization of blame, guilt, or responsibility as a defense
against anxiety
Or the Urban dictionary has these definitions:
Projection (Psychological)
1) An unconscious self-defence mechanism characterised by a person
unconsciously attributing their own issues onto someone or something
else as a form of delusion and denial.
2) A way to blame others for your own negative thoughts by repressing
them and then attributing them to someone else. Due to the sorrowful
nature of delusion and denial it is very difficult for the target to
be able to clarify the reality of the situation.
3) A way to transfer guilt for your own thoughts, emotions and actions
onto another as a way of not admitting your guilt to yourself.
- This is a noun that can equally serve as a verb. "is he projecting again", "he just projected the whole thing on me as usual", "he just projects it all on everyone else" etc..
answered Dec 21 at 13:09
Duckisaduckisaduck
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A narcissist is an archetypical example of such a person. I'm not sure if every instance of projection is necessarily evidence of narcissism, though.
See https://www.learning-mind.com/what-is-psychological-projection/
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism#Traits_and_signs
answered Dec 21 at 13:39
L. Scott Johnson
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A narcissist is an archetypical example of such a person. I'm not sure if every instance of projection is necessarily evidence of narcissism, though.
See https://www.learning-mind.com/what-is-psychological-projection/
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism#Traits_and_signs
answered Dec 21 at 13:39
L. Scott Johnson
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add a comment |
A narcissist is an archetypical example of such a person. I'm not sure if every instance of projection is necessarily evidence of narcissism, though.
See https://www.learning-mind.com/what-is-psychological-projection/
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism#Traits_and_signs
answered Dec 21 at 13:39
L. Scott Johnson
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A narcissist is an archetypical example of such a person. I'm not sure if every instance of projection is necessarily evidence of narcissism, though.
See https://www.learning-mind.com/what-is-psychological-projection/
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism#Traits_and_signs
answered Dec 21 at 13:39
L. Scott Johnson
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answered Dec 21 at 13:39
L. Scott Johnson
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I'd say "politician".
– Hot Licks
Dec 21 at 12:27
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Not an exact fit, but you should look up the pot calling the kettle black.
– Tushar Raj
Dec 21 at 12:36