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trigger warnings

trigger warnings is the plural of trigger warning.

Meaning of trigger warning

Noun

trigger warning (plural trigger warnings)

  1. A notice placed before the beginning of media content (usually an online article, e-mail, or post) to warn of potential traumatic triggers it contains.
    • One film presentation group for Teeth, which features rape scenes, also chose to include “trigger warnings” and bring in a representative from a sexual assault centre as a resource for the class.2013, Aalya Ahmad, “When the Women Think: Teaching Horror in Women's and Gender Studies”, in Aalya Ahmad, Sean Moreland, editors, Fear and Learning: Essays on the Pedagogy of Horror, McFarland &...
    Synonyms:
    content warning

Questions about trigger warnings

What is trigger warnings the plural of?
Trigger warnings is the plural of trigger warning.

Words near trigger warnings in the dictionary

  1. trigger plants
  2. trigger point
  3. trigger points
  4. trigger pricing
  5. trigger warning
  6. trigger warnings
  7. trigger word
  8. trigger words
  9. Trigger's broom
  10. trigger-fish
  11. trigger-happiness

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