What's a Virtue Signaler?

Virtue signalling is a pejorative neologism for the expression of a disingenuous moral viewpoint with the intent of communicating good character.

What is virtue signaling example?

Virtue signaling is the act of speaking or behaving in a way that's meant to demonstrate one's good moral values. For example, if a person widely proclaims on social media that they strongly support a certain cause, just because they want to show others how caring they are, that person is virtue signaling.

What's the opposite of virtue signaling?

It's a very useful concept. It means exactly the opposite of what virtue signalling means – it's credible and honest. The whole point of virtue signalling is that it's disingenuous and cheap. A better term would be 'showing off'.