cause célèbre
noun/ˈkɔːz sɛˈlɛbɹ(ə)/UK/ˈkɔz səˈlɛb/US/ˈkoʊz seɪˈlɛbɹ(ə)/
Etymology
From French cause (“cause, case”) + célèbre (“famous”), in the title of an 18th-century compilation of famous legal cases, Causes célèbres.
Definitions
An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public…
An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate.
- Getting iced out by the tech giants turned Parler into a cause célèbre for conservatives who complained they were being censored, as well as a test case for the openness of the internet.
- As Musk has waged this pressure campaign, he has incessantly posted in support of the far right in Europe and their current causes célèbres.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cause célèbre. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA