safe space

noun

: a place (as on a college campus) intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations

… student volunteers put up posters advertising that a "safe space" would be available for anyone who found the debate too upsetting.—

Judith Shulevitz

Women, sexual assault victims, people of color, transgender students. College campuses have created "safe spaces" for all sorts of marginalized groups.—

Catherine Rampell

Examples of safe space in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This stone helps create a safe space where this Water sign can feel grounded and secure amidst external influences and emotional undercurrents. —

Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024 The consensus seems to be that intimacy coordinators, far from holding talent back, are providing actors and actresses with the safe space needed to really go for it. —

Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024 These days, for most people, the sense that a bar would be the only safe space has lessened, which could be one reason behind the seemingly fading culture of lesbian-specific bars. —

Leah Asmelash, CNN, 15 June 2024 If possible, leave some corner of the yard a bit wild so the fireflies — eggs, larvae, pupae and adults — have a safe space. —

Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for safe space

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