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psychological safety

noun/ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkl ˈseɪfti/

B1CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

A team climate in which people feel safe to speak up, admit mistakes and take risks without fear of humiliation.

Without psychological safety, your status meetings will only ever surface the good news.

Topic: Leadership & management in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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