"both-sides" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: both-sideses [present, singular, third-person], both-sidesing [participle, present], both-sidesed [participle, past], both-sidesed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} both-sides (third-person singular simple present both-sideses, present participle both-sidesing, simple past and past participle both-sidesed)
  1. (derogatory) To engage in bothsidesism, to treat a policy debate or controversy as a conflict between two equally valid (or equally dangerous, etc) viewpoints. Tags: derogatory

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