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snowflakery

snowflakery noun: the state or quality of being easily offended or insulted.

Noun

snowflakery (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, slang) The state or quality of being easily offended or insulted.
    • However, there was a great deal of snowflakery and “safe-space-ism” surrounding Regev's appearance, as though the choice were not there for the angry demonstrators simply to ignore him.2017 May 4, Jenni Frazer, “Why does no one want to listen to anybody else?”, in Jewish News, page 19
    • Snowflakery is a product of the permeation of identity politics among young people, who act awry when someone challenges their worldview because they see it as a direct attack on their identities.2017, Connor Foarde, "Rebuttal: 'Disrespectful Term 'Snowflake' Should Not be a Part of Georgia Politics", in "Red & Black Rebuttals: In the Interest of Balance", The Arch Conservative, Fall 2017...

Origin of snowflakery

From snowflake (“someone hypersensitive to insult or offense”) + -ery.

Questions about snowflakery

What does snowflakery mean?
Snowflakery means the state or quality of being easily offended or insulted.
What part of speech is snowflakery?
Snowflakery is a noun.

Words near snowflakery in the dictionary

  1. snowflake's chance in hell
  2. Snowflake-in-Chief
  3. snowflaked
  4. snowflakelike
  5. snowflakeness
  6. snowflakery
  7. snowflakes
  8. snowflakey
  9. snowflaking
  10. snowflakings
  11. snowflaky

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