"snowflakery" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: snowflake (“someone hypersensitive to insult or offense”) + -ery Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|snowflake|ery||gloss1=someone hypersensitive to insult or offense}} snowflake (“someone hypersensitive to insult or offense”) + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} snowflakery (uncountable)
  1. (slang, derogatory) The state or quality of being easily offended or insulted. Tags: derogatory, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-snowflakery-en-noun-i6wxjmHU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery

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          "ref": "2019, Elizabeth Johnston, Not on My Watch: How to Win the Fight for Family, Faith and Freedom, unnumbered page",
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