GUILT BY ASSOCIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guilt by association mean? 

• GUILT BY ASSOCIATION (noun)
  The noun GUILT BY ASSOCIATION has 1 sense:

1. the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty

  Familiarity information: GUILT BY ASSOCIATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUILT BY ASSOCIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("guilt by association" is a kind of...):

guilt; guiltiness (the state of having committed an offense)