snowflakery

English

Etymology

snowflake (“someone hypersensitive to insult or offense”) +‎ -ery

Noun

snowflakery (uncountable)

1. (slang, derogatory) The state or quality of being easily offended or insulted.
   • 2017 May 4, Jenni Frazer, “Why does no one want to listen to anybody else?”, in Jewish News, page 19:

     However, there was a great deal of snowflakery and “safe-space-ism” surrounding Regev's appearance, as though the choice were not there for the angry demonstrators simply to ignore him.

   • 2017, Connor Foarde, "Rebuttal: 'Disrespectful Term 'Snowflake' Should Not be a Part of Georgia Politics", in "Red & Black Rebuttals: In the Interest of Balance", The Arch Conservative, Fall 2017, page 16:

     Snowflakery is a product of the permeation of identity politics among young people, who act awry when someone challenges their worldview because they see it as a direct attack on their identities.

   • 2019, Elizabeth Johnston, Not on My Watch: How to Win the Fight for Family, Faith and Freedom, unnumbered page:

     So now it is graphic violence or "mature content" to make a political statement in favor of veterans' benefits? Oh, the snowflakery!

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:snowflakery.