Definitions for bashing
ˈbæʃ ɪŋbash·ing

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1. bashingnoun

   An instance of bashing; a physical attack.

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1. Bashing

   Bashing is a harsh, gratuitous, prejudicial attack on a person, group, or subject. Literally, bashing is a term meaning to hit or assault, but when it is used as a suffix, or in conjunction with a noun indicating the subject being attacked, it is normally used to imply that the act is motivated by bigotry. The term is also used metaphorically, to describe verbal or critical assaults. Topics which attract bashing tend to be highly partisan and personally sensitive topics for the bashers, the victims, or both. Common areas include religion, nationality, sexuality, and politics. Physical bashing is differentiated from regular assault because it is a motivated assault, which may be considered a hate crime. In relation to non-physical bashing, the term is used to imply that a verbal or critical attack is similarly unacceptable and similarly prejudicial. Use of the term in this manner is an abusive ad hominem action, used to denounce the attack and admonish the attackers by comparing them to perpetrators of physical bashing. Karen Franklin, in her paper "Psychosocial motivations of hate crimes perpetrators" identifies the following motivations for bashing: socially instilled prejudice or partisan conflict; the perception that the bashing subject is in some way contrary to, or in offense to, an underlying ideology; group or peer influence.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bashing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bashing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of bashing in a Sentence

1. Lori Deem:

   If you are bashing your company publicly, most employers are at will, and don't have to continue employment if they don't like that kind of thing.

2. Mouaz Moustafa:

   You had maybe four or five people that were trying to subdue him while the flight attendant was kind of trying to knock him out by bashing him repeatedly on the head with the coffee pot over and over again until he was finally down; there was blood, everything, and people still had to pin him down until we landed.

3. Rob Berschinski:

   Secretary Pompeo's speech today on the' Commission on the Unalienable Rights' loosely clothed a foray into the culture wars under the seal of the US State Department, secretary Pompeo need to ground the relationship between citizens and their government in religious terms is both antiquated and alarming. Secretary Pompeo insistence on bashing major American news organizations during a speech about America's foundational principles is cynical, if in keeping with the views of President Donald Trump.

4. Morgan Jackson:

   I'm still new to learning about politics. There's definitely a lot for me to learn, what worries me is that it's just going to be another election of bashing Republicans versus Democrats, as opposed to actually stopping to hear, 'What do you have to say?'.

5. Martin Arnold:

   The China-bashing just doesn't seem to stop, we saw a kneejerk reaction after the renminbi reforms - the industrial metals declined sharply.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bashing
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bashing