cancel culture
The cultural phenomenon of publicly shaming, rejecting, and ceasing to provide support…The cultural phenomenon of publicly shaming, rejecting, and ceasing to provide support to people, companies, stores, etc. that are deemed unacceptable, and calling on others to boycott them.
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mexicanhere · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(derogatory, neologism, often, uncountable)The cultural phenomenon of publicly shaming, rejecting, and ceasing to provide support to people, companies, stores, etc. that are deemed unacceptable, and calling on others to boycott them.
Cancel Culture
культура отменыkulʹtura otmeny
Examples
24 sentencesWhat does cancel culture consist of?
Tom experienced the school's cancel culture firsthand.
Cancel culture is all about reputation destruction.
Cancel culture is a modern form of ostracism.
Opposition to "cancel culture" is a lucrative industry.
Translations
7 languagesLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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