whataboutism

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• /ˌwə.təˈbaʊ.tɪ.zəm/
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From what about + -ism. First use appears c. 1978 in The Guardian.

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: watvanisme — propaganda technique
• Chinese Mandarin: 比爛主義 /比烂主义 (bǐlànzhǔyì) — propaganda technique
• Chinese Mandarin: 臭蟲論 /臭虫论 (chòuchónglùn) — propaganda technique
• Dutch: jij-bak — propaganda technique
• Dutch: whataboutism — propaganda technique
• Dutch: whataboutisme — propaganda technique
• Finnish: whataboutismi — propaganda technique
• French: whataboutisme — propaganda technique
• French: qu’en-est-ilisme — propaganda technique
• German: Whataboutism — propaganda technique
• Hungarian: viszonvádaskodás — propaganda technique
• Hungarian: figyelemelterelő visszakérdezés — propaganda technique
• Indonesian: whataboutisme — propaganda technique
• Italian: benaltrismo — propaganda technique
• Japanese: そっちこそどうなんだ主義 — propaganda technique
• Japanese: お前だって論法 — propaganda technique
• Korean: 물타기 (multagi) — propaganda technique
• Persian: پسچهایسم — propaganda technique
• Polish: whataboutism — propaganda technique
• Portuguese: e-aquilismo — propaganda technique
• Portuguese: entãosismo — propaganda technique
• Russian: вотэбаути́зм (votɛbautízm) — propaganda technique
• Russian: перево́д стре́лок (perevód strélok) — propaganda technique
• Russian: какнасчёти́зм (kaknasčotízm) — propaganda technique
• Russian: приплета́ние (pripletánije) — propaganda technique
• Spanish: y tú más — propaganda technique
• Spanish: falacia de «y qué hay de» — propaganda technique
• Spanish: yquehaydeísmo — propaganda technique
• Swedish: whataboutism — propaganda technique
• Ukrainian: якщодої́зм (jakščodojízm) — propaganda technique