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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 word "Safetyism" comes from Jonathan Haidt's book "The Coddling of the American Mind".
by MoribundMurdoch July 18, 2021
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Safetyism

Basically means that we are putting a safety in children/people now
“Wow the kids these days are so soft”

“Maybe if the world wasn’t so full of safetyism we wouldn’t have this problem”
by >(030)> October 9, 2019
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Campus Safetyism

A philosophy that advocates for protection from supposed offensive ideas on college campuses. (The term is from Jonathan Haidt's book "The Coddling of the American Mind")
Bret Weinstein was booted off the campus of Evergreen College in part thanks to campus safetyism.
by MoribundMurdoch July 18, 2021
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