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dequeer

dequeer is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of dequeer

third-person singular presentdequeers
present participledequeering
past participledequeered
pastdequeered

Origin of dequeer

From de- + queer.

Questions about dequeer

What is dequeer the alternative spelling of?
Dequeer is the alternative spelling of de-queer.

Words near dequeer in the dictionary

  1. deque
  2. dequeen
  3. dequeened
  4. dequeening
  5. dequeens
  6. dequeer
  7. dequeered
  8. dequeering
  9. dequeers
  10. dequench
  11. dequenched

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