virtue signaling

Noun

Meaning

virtue signaling (uncountable)

Alternative form of virtue signalling

virtue-signaling (uncountable)

Alternative form of virtue signalling

Alternative names

virtue-signaling

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Examples

There is a strain of the left that is really invested in show trials and purity testing and virtue signaling... And would rather lose surrounded by perfect allies than win with an army that includes imperfect allies. Dan Savage

And yet, due to the media coverage, the various social-media virtue-signaling campaigns, and the widespread response of businesses across the nation, one could be led to believe there was widespread defense for these police officers’ actions. Source: Internet

Even the hated ICE technology will still be with us for years to come, although virtue-signaling politicians whip up hatred and threaten bans, which they are careful to always place years into the future. Source: Internet

Ramazzini and many others like him in California and now in federal prison will have celebrities, politicians, and the media virtue-signaling on their behalf. Source: Internet

Nor could I craft a better caricature of smug, humorless virtue-signaling. Source: Internet

Or does Powell have one of those multiple virtue-signaling signs, that include such bromides as “Kindness is Everything,” because for him it’s obviously not, and “Women’s Rights are Human Rights,” ditto, and of course, “Water is Life.” Source: Internet

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