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==Origin==
Old French ''blâme'', ''blasmer'' (= Provençal ''blasme'', Old Spanish ''blasmo'', Italian ''biasimo''), on Romanic type ''blasimo'', < ''blasimare'' < [[Latin]] ''blasphēmāre''. Compare Latin ''blasphēmus'', [[Greek]] ''βλάσϕημος'' adj. ‘blasphemous, reviling.’
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: an [[expression]] of disapproval or reproach : censure
*2a : a [[state]] of [[being]] blameworthy : culpability
:b archaic : fault, [[sin]]
*3: [[responsibility]] for something believed to deserve censure <they must [[share]] the blame>
==Description==
'''Blame''' is the [[act]] of censuring, holding [[responsible]], making [[negative]] [[statements]] about an [[individual]] or [[group]] that their [[action]] or actions are [[socially]] or [[morally]] irresponsible, the [[opposite]] of [[praise]]. When someone is morally [[responsible]] for doing something wrong their action is blameworthy. By [[contrast]], when someone is morally responsible for doing something right, we may say that his or her action is [[praiseworthy]]. There are other senses of praise and blame that are not ethically relevant. One may praise someone's good dress sense, and blame the [[weather]] for a crop failure.
Blaming is also a way of devaluing others. The end result is that the blamer [[feels]] superior. Others are seen as less worthwhile making the blamer "perfect". Off-loading blame means putting the other [[person]] down by emphasizing his or her [[Weakness|flaws]].
[[Category: Psychology]]
==Origin==
Old French ''blâme'', ''blasmer'' (= Provençal ''blasme'', Old Spanish ''blasmo'', Italian ''biasimo''), on Romanic type ''blasimo'', < ''blasimare'' < [[Latin]] ''blasphēmāre''. Compare Latin ''blasphēmus'', [[Greek]] ''βλάσϕημος'' adj. ‘blasphemous, reviling.’
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: an [[expression]] of disapproval or reproach : censure
*2a : a [[state]] of [[being]] blameworthy : culpability
:b archaic : fault, [[sin]]
*3: [[responsibility]] for something believed to deserve censure <they must [[share]] the blame>
==Description==
'''Blame''' is the [[act]] of censuring, holding [[responsible]], making [[negative]] [[statements]] about an [[individual]] or [[group]] that their [[action]] or actions are [[socially]] or [[morally]] irresponsible, the [[opposite]] of [[praise]]. When someone is morally [[responsible]] for doing something wrong their action is blameworthy. By [[contrast]], when someone is morally responsible for doing something right, we may say that his or her action is [[praiseworthy]]. There are other senses of praise and blame that are not ethically relevant. One may praise someone's good dress sense, and blame the [[weather]] for a crop failure.
Blaming is also a way of devaluing others. The end result is that the blamer [[feels]] superior. Others are seen as less worthwhile making the blamer "perfect". Off-loading blame means putting the other [[person]] down by emphasizing his or her [[Weakness|flaws]].
[[Category: Psychology]]