tu quoque

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tu (“you”) quoque (“also”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuːˈkwoʊkwiː/, /tuːˈkwoʊkweɪ/

Noun

tu quoque

  1. (often attributive) An argument whereby an accusation or insult is turned back on the accuser; same to you
    • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 205:
      In the long run, the facile tu quoque arguments, such as those offered by Massu on the Alleg case, can only lead to an endless escalation of horror and degradation.
    • 2007, Perry Anderson, “Russia's Managed Democracy”, in London Review of Books, number 29:2, page 10:
      The idealising side of Furman's construction exposes itself to the tu quoque retorts with which Putin and his aides now relish silencing criticism by the West.

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