Phrase guide

cancel culture

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The cultural phenomenon of publicly shaming, rejecting, and ceasing to provide support to people, companies, stores, etc. that are deemed unacceptable, and calling on others to boycott them.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, neologism, often, uncountable

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Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: afskafkultuur — cultural phenomenon
  • Afrikaans: kanselleerkultuur — cultural phenomenon
  • Azerbaijani: imtina mədəniyyəti — cultural phenomenon
  • Azerbaijani: ləğv mədəniyyəti — cultural phenomenon
  • Chinese Cantonese: 取消文化 (ceoi2 siu1 man4 faa3) — cultural phenomenon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 取消文化 (qǔxiāo wénhuà) — cultural phenomenon
  • Dutch: cancelcultuur — cultural phenomenon
  • Esperanto: bojkot-kulturo — cultural phenomenon
  • Finnish: cancel-kulttuuri — cultural phenomenon
  • Finnish: maalittamiskulttuuri — cultural phenomenon
  • French: cancel culture — cultural phenomenon
  • French: culture de l'annulation — cultural phenomenon
  • Georgian: გაუქმების კულტურა (gaukmebis ḳulṭura) — cultural phenomenon
  • Georgian: ქენსელ-კულტურა (kensel-ḳulṭura) — cultural phenomenon
  • German: Cancel Culture — cultural phenomenon
  • Hebrew: תרבות הביטול — cultural phenomenon
  • Hungarian: eltörléskultúra — cultural phenomenon
  • Hungarian: bojkottkultúra — cultural phenomenon
  • Hungarian: kitagadás — cultural phenomenon
  • Hungarian: kiközösítés — cultural phenomenon
  • Hungarian: kiakolbólítás — cultural phenomenon
  • Icelandic: slaufunarmenning — cultural phenomenon
  • Indonesian: budaya pembatalan — cultural phenomenon
  • Italian: cancel culture — cultural phenomenon
  • Italian: cultura della cancellazione — cultural phenomenon
  • Italian: cultura del boicottaggio — cultural phenomenon
  • Japanese: キャンセルカルチャー (kyanseru karuchā) — cultural phenomenon
  • Korean: 취소문화 (chwisomunhwa) — cultural phenomenon
  • Latin: damnatio memoriae — cultural phenomenon
  • Macedonian: култура на изопштување (kultura na izopštuvanje) — cultural phenomenon
  • Malay: budaya pembatalan — cultural phenomenon
  • Portuguese: cultura do cancelamento — cultural phenomenon
  • Russian: культура отмены (kulʹtura otmeny) — cultural phenomenon
  • Serbo-Croatian: kultura otkazivanja — cultural phenomenon
  • Spanish: cultura de la cancelación — cultural phenomenon
  • Swedish: kränkthetskultur — cultural phenomenon
  • Swedish: utfrysningskultur — cultural phenomenon
  • Swedish: utraderingskultur — cultural phenomenon
  • Swedish: cancelkultur — cultural phenomenon
  • Turkish: linç kültürü — cultural phenomenon