- a 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.
More Definitions
- SPLIT-BRAIN (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
- STREATOR (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
- RORQUAL (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
- WASHINGTON, D.C. (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
- ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
- UNAFRAID (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
