intersectionalities

Noun

intersectionality (countable and uncountable, plural intersectionalities)

1. The quality or state of being intersectional, that is, of being characterized by intersection (especially of multiple forms of discrimination).
   • the intersectionality of these issues
2. The study of (or a sociological methodology of studying) overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination.
   • One way to approach the problem of intersectionality is to examine how courts frame and interpret the stories of Black women plaintiffs.1989, Kimberlé [Williams] Crenshaw, “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics”, in The...