safetyismとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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safetyism (uncountable)

1. An obsession with keeping people safe from perceived threats.
   • 2018, Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 30:

     “Safetyism” refers to a culture or belief system in which safety has become a sacred value, which means that people become unwilling to make trade-offs demanded by other practical and moral concerns. […] The preoccupation with safetyism is clearest in the generation that began to enter college around 2013.

   • 2023 February 16, L0m3z [pseudonym, Jonathan Keeperman], “What is the Longhouse?”, in First Things‎:

     While Haidt and Lukianoff focus their analysis on proto-woke novelties like “trigger warnings” and “microaggressions,” the cult of Safetyism is best exemplified in our response to the pandemic.

   • 2023 February 21, Helen Lewis, “Roald Dahl Can Never Be Made Nice”, in The Atlantic‎:

     The sheer weight of the Dahl edits reveals a kind of corporate safetyism: This might offend someone, so why take the risk?

関連する語

• safetyist

参考

Further reading

• The Coddling of the American Mind § Safetyism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia