vice signalling

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The practice of expressing a particular opinion or performing a particular action that is immoral, hateful, or cruel, but popular with the social group one is signalling to, to signal allegiance to or seek popularity with that group. uncountable
    — He [Pruitt] is famously obsessed with secrecy (his guards followed him even within the EPA building, as though he were Darth Vader), so the fact that his indiscretions were so indiscreet makes them seem deliberate. One explanation is that he was vice-signalling, trying to prove his Trumpiness to Trump himself. The plan backfired – Pruitt was forced to resign – but he got some of it right in the process. For one thing, he understood the essential pettiness of Trumpism.

词形变化

vice-signalling alternative

词源

By analogy to virtue signalling.
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