grievance studies
Academic fields that are perceived by critics as airing grievances with society rather…Academic fields that are perceived by critics as airing grievances with society rather than rigorously pursuing truth.
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory, uncountable)Academic fields that are perceived by critics as airing grievances with society rather than rigorously pursuing truth.
Origin
Coined by English literary critic Stefan Collini in 1999. Popularized in 2018 by James A.Coined by English literary critic Stefan Collini in 1999. Popularized in 2018 by James A. Lindsay, Peter Boghossian, and Helen Pluckrose, the perpetrators of the "grievance studies affair".
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable