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de-queers

de-queers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of de-queer.

Meaning of de-queer

Verb

de-queer (third-person singular simple present de-queers, present participle de-queering, simple past and past participle de-queered)

  1. To hide, diminish, or reject queerness.
    • The queer movement is dequeered and presented as if it were entirely white, middle-class, and family-oriented.2004, Marvin Mahan Ellison, Same-Sex Marriage?: A Christian Ethical Analysis, page 113
    Antonyms:
    re-queer

Questions about de-queers

What is de-queers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
De-queers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of de-queer.

Words near de-queers in the dictionary

  1. de-puffing
  2. de-puffs
  3. de-queer
  4. de-queered
  5. de-queering
  6. de-queers
  7. de-rank
  8. de-ranked
  9. de-ranking
  10. de-ranks
  11. de-risk

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