vindictive protectiveness

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tendency to protect people from perceived injury (such as criticism) by responding with hostility to whoever is held responsible for causing said injury.

    贬义 不可数

    And more than the last, this movement seeks to punish anyone who interferes with that aim, even accidentally. You might call this impulse vindictive protectiveness. It is creating a culture in which everyone must think twice before speaking up, […]

词源

Coined by researchers Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt.

来源：wiktionary