Meaning of purity test | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An informal survey that assesses the participant's supposed degree of innocence in worldly matters, such as sex, drugs, and deceit.
2. A rigid standard on a specific issue by which a politician or other figure is evaluated.

Examples

“[…] popular online “purity tests,” which use⟳ a series of 500 questions about sexual experience⟳ and drug use⟳ to establish⟳ one's level of “purity.””

“To begin⟳, we return⟳ to Will: “What started as a critical reading of a children's book became a social justice 'racial equity' purity test⟳ full of hypocrisy”.”

“In retrospect, this was the height (or perhaps the nadir) of a kind of purity-test politics that was making some swing⟳ voters, including [Joe] Rogan, feel⟳ less at home in the Democratic coalition.”

““President Trump did not build⟳ the greatest coalition in politics by running his supporters through endless, self-defeating purity tests.””

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