0 a way of behaving in a society or group, especially on social media, in which it is common to completely reject and stop supporting someone because they have said or done something that offends you: --
In a cancel culture, we appoint ourselves the arbiters of right and wrong and also the judge and jury, because thanks to social media, we get to dole out punishment.
Let’s call cancel culture what it really is: it is our way to exert some control over a world that is increasingly becoming more dangerous and less tolerant.
Cancel culture has its place - it helps to call out and remove problematic people from mainstream culture.