virtue signalling
noun[U]
UK(USvirtue signaling)uk/ˈvɜː.tʃuː ˌsɪɡ.nəl.ɪŋ/us/ˈvɝː.tʃuː ˌsɪɡ.nəl.ɪŋ/anattemptto show otherpeoplethat you are a goodperson, forexamplebyexpressingopinionsthat will beacceptableto them,especiallyonsocialmedia:
释放美德信号(指通过社交媒体,以某种言论显示自己站在道义一方)Virtuesignallingis thepopularmodernhabitofindicatingthat one hasvirtuemerelybyexpressingdisgustorfavourforcertainpoliticalideasorculturalhappenings.释放美德信号是现代常见的一种行为,即仅仅通过表达对某些政治思想或文化事件的厌恶或赞成来表明自己有美德。
Feeling morally superior
- claim
- 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
- virtuous
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