Phrase guide

grievance studies

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Academic fields that are perceived by critics as airing grievances with society rather than rigorously pursuing truth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Coined by English literary critic Stefan Collini in 1999. Popularized in 2018 by James A. Lindsay, Peter Boghossian, and Helen Pluckrose, the perpetrators of the "grievance studies affair".

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hindi: आक्षेपशास्त्र (ākṣepśāstra) — Translations
  • Hindi: परिवादशास्त्र (parivādśāstra) — Translations
  • Hindi: व्यथाशास्त्र (vyathāśāstra) — Translations
  • Marathi: आक्षेपशास्त्र (ākṣepśāstra) — Translations
  • Marathi: परिवादशास्त्र (parivādśāstra) — Translations
  • Marathi: व्यथाशास्त्र (vyathāśāstra) — Translations
  • Sanskrit: आक्षेपशास्त्र (ākṣepaśāstra) — Translations
  • Sanskrit: परिवादशास्त्र (parivādaśāstra) — Translations
  • Sanskrit: व्यथाशास्त्र (vyathāśāstra) — Translations
  • Swedish: kränkthetsstudier — Translations