Holding someone responsible for something bad that happened; saying someone did something wrong.
From Old French 'blamer,' from Latin 'blasphemāre' (to revile). The word entered Middle English and evolved to mean specifically assigning responsibility or fault for wrongdoing.
Psychologists call the tendency to blame others for our mistakes 'the fundamental attribution error'—it's so common that it might be hardwired into how our brains work!
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