no-platform
verb[T]
UKuk/ˌnəʊˈplæt.fɔːm/us/ˌnoʊˈplæt.fɔːrm/torefusesomeone anopportunityto maketheirideasorbeliefsknownpublicly, because youthinkthesebeliefsaredangerousorunacceptable:
拒绝提供平台(指拒绝给予某人公开发表自己思想的机会,因为这些思想是危险的或不可接受的)He said that the Students'Unionwould no-platform anygroupsthatencouragedanti-Semitismorhomophobia.
Synonym
deplatform
- She was no-platformed by theuniversityWomen's Group lastyear.
- Hethinksthesepeopleshould beengagedindebateratherthan no-platformed.
- Hisinvitationtospeakat theeventwaswithdrawnafter acampaignto no-platform him.
- Is there acasefor no-platformingextremistsor should weheartheirviews?
Debate & discussion
- agent provocateur
- bargainer
- bat
- bat around
- broker
- closure
- cloture
- consult
- dialogue
- discursive
- parley
- polemic
- polemical
- post-debate
- powwow
- provocateur
- re-explore
- reason withsomeone
- special pleading
- talk turkeyidiom