social justice warrior

[ soh-shuhl juhs-tis wawr-ee-er, wor‐ ]

/ ˈsoʊ ʃəl ˈdʒʌs tɪs ˌwɔr i ər, ˌwɒr‐ /

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noun

Disparaging. a contemptuous term for a person who advocates a progressive orthodoxy, often on the internet, especially involving the treatment of ethnic, racial, gender, or gender-identity minorities. Abbreviation: SJW

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Origin of social justice warrior

First recorded in 1990–95

Words nearby social justice warrior

sociality, socialization, socialize, socialized medicine, social justice, social justice warrior, socially, socially excluded, socially included, social market, social media

How to use social justice warrior in a sentence

Beale writes comic books, including a series called Alt-Hero, that are meant to push back on what he and his fans perceive as a “social justice warrior” infiltration of the comic book industry.
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So we do demand justice and we do speak up and make demands.
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He could order the Justice Department to begin the necessary regulatory work.
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He finished second in 2008 behind John McCain, and maintains a reservoir of good will among Republican social conservatives.
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Where the force generating those threats is a widespread, self-sustaining, and virulent social movement?
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The TVA, a federally owned and chartered electric power provider, is a New Deal legacy just like Social Security.
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All over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
To others the fierce desire for social justice obliterates all fear of a general catastrophe.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
And our views of poverty and social betterment, or what is possible and what is not, are still largely conditioned by it.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Our social life is aimless without it, we are a crowd without a common understanding.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
When I was at Portugal, there was held at that time the court of justice of the Inquisition.
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