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genderquake

genderquake noun: a fundamental shift of power from men to women.

Noun

genderquake (plural genderquakes)

  1. A fundamental shift of power from men to women.
    • These regions have genderquakes of their own.1998, Sadie Plant, Zeros + ones: digital women + the new technoculture
    • I have shown that the malestream has largely ignored a genderquake in sociology although a few men are very disturbed about it, and a larger minority of men are excited by it.2003, Sara Delamont, Feminist Sociology

Forms of genderquake

pluralgenderquakes

Origin of genderquake

From gender + quake, coined by Naomi Wolf.

Questions about genderquake

What does genderquake mean?
Genderquake means a fundamental shift of power from men to women.
What part of speech is genderquake?
Genderquake is a noun.
What is the plural of genderquake?
The plural of genderquake is genderquakes.

Words near genderquake in the dictionary

  1. genderneutral
  2. genderology
  3. genderphobia
  4. genderplay
  5. genderpunk
  6. genderquake
  7. genderquakes
  8. genderqueer
  9. genderqueered
  10. genderqueering
  11. genderqueerness

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