tu quoque
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin tu (“you”) quoque (“also”)
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- IPA: /tuːˈkwoʊkwiː/
[edit] Noun
tu quoque (uncountable)
- An argument whereby an accusation or insult is turned back on the accuser.
- 2007, Perry Anderson, “Russia's Managed Democracy”, London Review of Books, number 29:2, page 10:
- The idealising side of Furman's contruction exposes itself to the tu quoque retorts with which Putin and his aides now relish silencing criticism by the West.
- 2007, Perry Anderson, “Russia's Managed Democracy”, London Review of Books, number 29:2, page 10:
