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gatekeeperism

gatekeeperism noun: the attitudes, behaviours, and actions associated with being a gatekeeper (one who guards or controls access to a given area).

Noun

gatekeeperism (uncountable)

  1. The attitudes, behaviours, and actions associated with being a gatekeeper (one who guards or controls access to a given area).
    • That being said, they are also wary of 'gatekeeperism' within the movement that is overly critical of methods of public participation that might lack experience or engage in forms of online activism […]2020, Matthew Farmer, Transnational LGBT Activism and UK-Based NGOs

Origin of gatekeeperism

From gatekeeper + -ism.

Questions about gatekeeperism

What does gatekeeperism mean?
Gatekeeperism means the attitudes, behaviours, and actions associated with being a gatekeeper (one who guards or controls access to a given area).
What part of speech is gatekeeperism?
Gatekeeperism is a noun.

Words near gatekeeperism in the dictionary

  1. gatehouseite
  2. gatehouses
  3. gatekeep
  4. gatekeeped
  5. gatekeeper
  6. gatekeeperism
  7. gatekeepers
  8. gatekeepership
  9. gatekeeperships
  10. gatekeepery
  11. gatekeeping

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