Meaning of safetyism | Babel Free

Definitions

An obsession with keeping people safe from perceived threats.

uncountable

Examples

““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.”

“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.”

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

CEFR level