safe space
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4.5
- noun
- /seɪf speɪs/
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espacio seguro
- It's important to have a safe space where we can discuss our feelings and support each other.
- Creating a safe space
- provide a safe space
- safe space for our students
He said, you're in a very, very, very safe space here, right?
- He said, you're in a very, very, very safe space here, right?
- I'm here to be a safe space for your pain and your struggle.
- That's, you know, just having a safe space where people care about me.
- Many, if not most survivors don't have a safe space to talk about what is happening.
- Are those Jewish students being offered counseling and a safe space and coloring books and puppies?
- She's inspired millions of people to normalize sex and pleasure by creating a safe space where people can explore.
- To realize, for example, the critical importance of creating safe spaces before anything profound can happen.
- But it's really good for me to have this little house as a safe space.
- And so you were in this safe space, just you in your car with the windows rolled up.
- He has to go on the podcast of Ted Cruz because that's like a safe space for him.
- I want to create a safe space for the past and the future.
Examples
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We will listen deeply to one another, creating safe spaces in which to hear and to be heard.
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In a harsh environment, they are providing some kind of safe space for action and interaction between the activist and the audience.
Academic text (2017) -
I want to create a safe space for the past and the future.
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And they found a safe space in our work to be able to do that.
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So for me, it, it helped my brand create a safe space for people.
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The overall mission of the building center is to provide a safe space for students on campus.
Blog text (24) -
I hope you still find this a safe space to express yourself.
Blog text (27) -
Ensure that students experience their classroom as a safe space.
Academic text (2013) -
The safe space we created was, for many, the first time to acknowledge those feelings even to themselves.
Academic text (2015) -
I'm here to be a safe space for your pain and your struggle.
Synonyms
70
4.1
A safe place where people go to escape danger
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3.9
A place or situation that protects people from danger
How Safe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally transparent at the basic level: a B1 learner who knows 'safe' and 'space' can infer it denotes a place that is safe or protected. However, the specific sociocultural nuance (an environment free from discrimination, criticism, or emotional harm) is a pragmatic extension that may not be fully predictable without exposure, so it is not completely transparent.
Etymology
Safe space comes from the simple idea of a safe room or space where people are protected. Groups, schools, and therapists began calling places where people can speak and be themselves without fear a safe space, so today it means 'a place where you are not treated badly, criticised, or hurt'.