vice signalling
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vice signalling
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By analogy to virtue signalling.
noun vice-signalling
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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.
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 Tru
Opposite: virtue signalling
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title = {vice signalling},
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year = {2026},
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