social justice warrior

so·cial jus·tice war·ri·or

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [soh-shuh l juhs-tis wawr-ee-er, wawr-yer, wor-ee-er, wor-yer]
- /ˈsoʊ ʃəl ˈdʒʌs tɪs ˈwɔr i ər, ˈwɔr yər, ˈwɒr i ər, ˈwɒr yər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [soh-shuh l juhs-tis wawr-ee-er, wawr-yer, wor-ee-er, wor-yer]
- /ˈsoʊ ʃəl ˈdʒʌs tɪs ˈwɔr i ər, ˈwɔr yər, ˈwɒr i ər, ˈwɒr yər/

Definition of social justice warrior words

noun social justice warrior Disparaging. 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. 1

before 1990

One of the 1% newest English words

First recorded in 1990-95

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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