Meanings
- derogatoryslanguncountableThe state or quality of being easily offended or insulted.
So now it is graphic violence or "mature content" to make a political statement in favor of veterans' benefits? Oh, the snowflakery!
2019, Elizabeth Johnston, Not on My Watch: How to Win the Fight for Family, Faith and Freedom, unnumbered page2 more examples
However, there was a great deal of snowflakery and “safe-space-ism” surrounding Regev's appearance, as though the choice were not there for the angry demonstrators simply to ignore him.
2017 May 4, Jenni Frazer, “Why does no one want to listen to anybody else?”, in Jewish News, page 19Snowflakery is a product of the permeation of identity politics among young people, who act awry when someone challenges their worldview because they see it as a direct attack on their identities.
2017, Connor Foarde, "Rebuttal: 'Disrespectful Term 'Snowflake' Should Not be a Part of Georgia Politics", in "Red & Black Rebuttals: In the Interest of Balance", The Arch Conservative, Fall 2017, page 16
Origin
From snowflake (“someone hypersensitive to insult or offense”) + -ery.
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