vindictive protectiveness

Etymology
Coined by researchers Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt.

Noun

 * 1)  A tendency to protect people from perceived injury (such as criticism) by responding with hostility to whoever is held responsible for causing said injury.
 * 2) * 2017?, Joel Best, American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World (page 151)
 * And more than the last, this movement seeks to punish anyone who interferes with that aim, even accidentally. You might call this impulse vindictive protectiveness. It is creating a culture in which everyone must think twice before speaking up,
 * 1) * 2017?, Joel Best, American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World (page 151)
 * And more than the last, this movement seeks to punish anyone who interferes with that aim, even accidentally. You might call this impulse vindictive protectiveness. It is creating a culture in which everyone must think twice before speaking up,