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Meaning of shoutdown | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈʃaʊtˌdaʊn/

Definitions

An event when someone shouts down (shouts louder than) someone in order to force through an argument or point of view.

Examples

“2022, Greg Lukianoff, "The Eternally Radical Idea", Honestly with Bari Weiss at 27m31s:”
“He comes to speak at Brown and he is shouted down so completely, that nobody can hear him and they just call the whole thing off. Now, shoutdowns were not completely unheard of for most of my career...”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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