virtue signaling
noun[U]
US(UKvirtue signalling)us/ˈvɝː.tʃuː ˌsɪɡ.nəl.ɪŋ/uk/ˈvɜː.tʃuː ˌsɪɡ.nəl.ɪŋ/anattemptto show otherpeoplethat you are a goodperson, forexamplebyexpressingopinionsthat will beacceptableto them,especiallyonsocialmedia:
Virtuesignalingis thepopularmodernhabitofindicatingthat one hasvirtuemerelybyexpressingdisgustorfavorforcertainpoliticalideasorculturalhappenings.
Feeling morally superior
- claim the moral high groundidiom
- de haut en bas
- holier-than-thou
- judgmental
- judgmentally
- loftiness
- moralistic
- pearl-clutching
- preachy
- priggish
- righteously
- sanctimonious
- sanctimoniously
- sanctimoniousness
- self-righteous
- self-righteousness
- superior
- superiority complex
- virtue signalling
- virtuous
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