"safe space" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: safe spaces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} safe space (plural safe spaces)
  1. (sociology) A place or domain serving as a tolerant environment for people (especially a marginalized group) where they do not face harassment, criticism, scrutiny, etc.; especially one in which participants are understood to share a given political or social viewpoint. Categories (topical): Leftism, Social justice, Sociology Translations (place serving as a tolerant environment): safe space [feminine] (Dutch), turvallinen tila (Finnish), espace sûr [masculine] (French), Safe Space [masculine] (German), Schutzraum [masculine] (German), безопасное пространство (bezopasnoje prostranstvo) (Russian)

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