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'''Call-out culture''' (also known as '''cancel culture''', '''outrage culture'''), isdescribes a form of [[public shamingboycott]] thatin aimswhich tosomeone holdwho individualshas andperformed groupsan accountable for their actions by calling attention to behavioract that is perceivedconsidered toa beviolation problematic,of usually ontoday's [[social mediajustice]].<ref>{{cite webnorms, |title=Socialeven mediaif shamingthose andacts forgiveness:occurred whyvery nobody'slong beyond the pale |url=ago<ref>https://thenextwebwww.forbes.com/opinionsites/evangerstmann/2019/0710/0530/socialpresident-mediaobama-shamingsays-andits-forgivenesstime-whyto-nobodysget-beyondover-thecancel-paleculture/#522f8a231617</ref>, |work=[[Theis Nextthrust Web]] |quote=Even the etymologyout of publicsocial shamingor isprofessional inherentlycircles dehumanizing. Ineither 2019,online weon talk[[social ofmedia]] peopleor beingin “cancelled,”the asreal thoughworld they’reor unpopularboth. TVThey shows,are andsaid notto humanbe beings"canceled". }}<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/style/what-is-cancel-culture.html</ref> .

A variant of the term, '''cancel culture''', describes a form of [[boycott]] in which someone who has performed an act that is considered a violation of today's [[social justice]] norms, even if those acts occurred very long ago<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2019/10/30/president-obama-says-its-time-to-get-over-cancel-culture/#522f8a231617</ref>, is thrust out of social or professional circles — either online on [[social media]] or in the real world or both. They are said to be "canceled".<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/style/what-is-cancel-culture.html</ref>.

The expression "cancelling", in reference to cancel culture, has been used since 2015, with its widespread usage beginning in 2018.<ref name="CBC">{{cite web |url= https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/blog/have-we-hit-peak-cancel-culture-1.4944521 |title= Have we hit peak cancel culture? |last= Kinos-Goodin |first= Jesse |date= 3 December 2018 |work=[[CBC Radio]] |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=16 March 2019 |quote= |df= dmy-all }}</ref>