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intersectionalist

intersectionalist adjective: based on or informed by theories of intersectionality.

Adjective

intersectionalist (comparative more intersectionalist, superlative most intersectionalist)

  1. Based on or informed by theories of intersectionality.
    • Aside from these general challenges, I address issues of self-hate, shame, anger, and frustration by bringing in the intersectionalist perspective of domination.2008, Lisa Guerrero, Teaching Race in the 21st Century, page 79
  2. Committed to or interested in ideas of intersectionality.
    • It is possible that, by the time this anthology is published, the only sexual fantasies still legal in the UK will be those that feature Ed Miliband in conversation with a group of intersectionalist feminists who check their privilege every thirty seconds.2014, Sophie Hannah, The Poetry of Sex, page introduction

Noun

intersectionalist (plural intersectionalists)

  1. A proponent of intersectionality.
    • What feminists, especially intersectionalists, have been imagining as identities needs to be exchanged for descriptions of social circumstances.2005, Naomi Zack, Inclusive Feminism: A Third Wave Theory of Women's Commonality, page 75
  2. One committed to or advocating intersectional relations, bonds among or across groups.
    • An actual and not a merely philosophic intersectionalist was William Gilmore Simms of Carolina.1959, Literary History of the United States, Robert Ernest Spiller, page 311

Forms of intersectionalist

Adjective
comparativemore intersectionalist
superlativemost intersectionalist
Noun
pluralintersectionalists

Words formed from intersectionalist

Questions about intersectionalist

What does intersectionalist mean?
Intersectionalist means based on or informed by theories of intersectionality.
What part of speech is intersectionalist?
Intersectionalist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near intersectionalist in the dictionary

  1. intersectins
  2. intersection
  3. intersection syndrome
  4. intersectional
  5. intersectionalism
  6. intersectionalist
  7. intersectionalistic
  8. intersectionalists
  9. intersectionalities
  10. intersectionality
  11. intersectionally

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