gamergate
Syllables: gam·er·gate/ˈɡæm.ə.ɡeɪt//ˈɡæm.əɹˌɡeɪt/
gamergate noun: a worker insect that can become capable of reproducing when the queen has died.
Noun
gamergate (plural gamergates)
- A worker insect that can become capable of reproducing when the queen has died.
- Recent studies indicate that queenless societies can have either one or several gamergates per colony, which reveals that reproductive inhibition can occur despite the absence of the queen caste.1990, Christian Peeters, “Monogyny and Polygyny in Ponerine Ants Without Queens”, in Social Insects and the Environment: Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of IUSSI, 1990, Leiden...
Proper noun (1) capitalized: GamerGate
GamerGate
- Alternative letter-case form of Gamergate.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Gamergate
US/ˈɡeɪməɹˌɡeɪt/
Gamergate
- A campaign that started in 2014 and happened primarily online, which centered around sexism and anti-progressivism in video game culture and took the form of a harassment campaign against women in the video game industry.
- Those who experienced the harassment firsthand warned that if not taken seriously, the behaviors underlying Gamergate would fester.2025 March 23, Harmeet Kaur, “How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become”, in CNN
gamergate meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
gamergate in Hindi
- गेमरगेट, गेमर्गेट
gamergate in Marathi
- गेमरगेट
gamergate in Urdu
- گیمرگیٹ
gamergate in Telugu
- గేమర్గేట్
More languagesFewer languages
- gamergate in Kannada
- ಗೇಮರ್ಗೇಟ್
- gamergate in Punjabi
- ਗੇਮਰਗੇਟ
- gamergate in Gujarati
- ગેમરગેટ, ગેમર્ગેટ
- gamergate in Odia
- ଗେମରଗେଟ, ଗେମରଗେଟ୍
- gamergate in Nepali
- गेमरगेट
Forms of gamergate
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gamergates |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | GamerGate |
Origin of gamergate
From gam- + ergate, from Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “union, marriage”) + Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs, “workman”).
From gamer + -gate.
From gamer + -gate. Coined or popularized by American actor Adam Baldwin.
Words formed from gamergate
Questions about gamergate
- What does gamergate mean?
- Gamergate means a worker insect that can become capable of reproducing when the queen has died.
- What is gamergate in Hindi?
- Gamergate in Hindi is गेमरगेट, गेमर्गेट. See Gamergate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gamergate?
- Gamergate can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce gamergate?
- Gamergate is pronounced /ˈɡæm.ə.ɡeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of gamergate?
- The plural of gamergate is gamergates.
Words near gamergate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gamergate (page history and authors); GamerGate (page history and authors); Gamergate (page history and authors); gamergate (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gamergate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gamergate (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gamergate (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gamergate (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gamergate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gamergate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gamergate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gamergate (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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