单词 | tone policing |
释义 | tone policing[ tohnpuh-lee-sing ] / ˈtoʊn pəˌli sɪŋ / nouna conversational tactic that dismisses the ideas being communicated when they are perceived to be delivered in an angry, frustrated, sad, fearful, or otherwise emotionally charged manner:It’s condescending to shut down an argument through tone policing.Tone policing can silence the narratives of oppressed populations. OTHER WORDS FROM tone policingtone-po·lice, verb (used with object) tone-po·liced, tone-po·lic·ing.tone po·lice, plural nounWords nearby tone policingtone language, toneless, toneme, tone painting, tone poem, tone policing, toner, tone row, tone-setter, tonetic, tonetics Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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