Virtue-signaling (noun): the self-serving, disingenuous act of presenting & solidifying oneself as concerned with, committed to, or compliant to a specific political alignment regarding political topics or issues for prestige or ego.
If the President genuinely cared about women's rights, he'd do less virtue-signaling on Twitter and more action.
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When Karen heard John say the gender pay gap isn't necessarily the result of gender discrimination, Karen got a huge virtue boner and got John fired for being a sexist.
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Similar to virtue signalling but done by means of buying trendy goods or services so as to display one's sense of contrived self-superiority: items such as books by politically correct authors, garish artwork purported to save rain-forests, or FairTrade coffee that makes the buyer feel woke; faddishly leftist buying habits that conform to intersectionality and other expressions of socially popular SJW pseudoscience, especially popular among university students.
Asheleigh-Meghan isn't going to actually read Michelle Obama's new book. She just bought it to put on the coffee table in case one of her black classmates shows up unexpectedly. It's more of a virtue-purchase.
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Chad: That bitch is just virtue signalling she actually couldn't care less about other people.
Chad: That bitch is just virtue signalling she actually couldn't care less about other people.
by boomnikkaoom December 15, 2021
Get the Virtue Signalling mug.The act of Virtue Signalling from a corporate standpoint in an effort to ostracize some or all of your audience for the sake of moral superiority.
Stockholder: Why exactly is your company value down 50% in the last month?
CEO: We decided to take a political stance and made an attempt at Virtue Marketing our services. Turns out we told our primary audience we didn't want their money anymore. Whoops!
CEO: We decided to take a political stance and made an attempt at Virtue Marketing our services. Turns out we told our primary audience we didn't want their money anymore. Whoops!
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1. The Students Against Climate Racism protest culminated in a virtue singularity, from which no intelligible thought could escape.
2. Our laws of civility and rational discourse break down at the virtue singularity.
2. Our laws of civility and rational discourse break down at the virtue singularity.
by simonico December 18, 2019
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Waldon: "But you CAN'T flatten that building to build a Walmart! Not only is it an orphanage, but the roof is a rare bird sanctuary, it's built over a graveyard AND an aquifer, hosts the only local live music night in the city on Wednesdays, and is a legally protected heritage site!"
Developer: "Don't listen to that virtue signalling hippy, boys, start up them bulldozers, we got a permit!"
Developer: "Don't listen to that virtue signalling hippy, boys, start up them bulldozers, we got a permit!"
by Urban Savage March 17, 2017
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