i.e. a lazy person calling you lazy or someone uneducated about something thinking you’re the uninformed one
I think “projection” works. I thought of “external attribution” as well when I read this question.
It takes one to know one.
The pot calling the kettle black.
Trumpery
Yes that is projection, which is a form of hypocrisy.
It’s also called standard American conservative politics.
Dunning-Kruger adjacent projection
Yes, that’s projection.
Edit: preemptive “no you”lol
To be understood, I’d probably just say projection. If you need to emphasize a specific aspect of the behavior, you could break it down as a maladaptive inferiority complex that prompts social anxiety evidenced by momentary paranoid ideation and compulsory preemptive introjection.
Explanation: introjection refers to a mirroring behavior common in children. In this case, the accuser anticipates an accusation from you. To defend themselves, they hurl the accusation right back at you. But of course the first accusation only happened in their head, so all we witness is someone wildly accusing someone else of having their own flaw.
It really is childish behavior which is why it’s such an annoying situation. Literally dealing with a delusional toddler defending yourself against things that never happened.
I call it Maganomics
Projection, or machiavellianism.
It’s you who’s projecting here, not me.
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