safetyism

English

Etymology

From safety +‎ -ism. Popularized in the 2018 book The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, see quotations.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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[1]:
      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[2]:
      The sheer weight of the Dahl edits reveals a kind of corporate safetyism: This might offend someone, so why take the risk?

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