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intersectionally

intersectionally adverb: in an intersectional manner.

Adverb

intersectionally (comparative more intersectionally, superlative most intersectionally)

  1. In an intersectional manner.
    • Perhaps the widespread attempts in recent years to try to think intersectionally – to understand how multiple factors affect each person’s identity and experience – has equipped us to understand how unequally affected we are by a disease and the measures taken to limit it.2020 April 17, Rebecca Solnit, “Coronavirus does discriminate, because that’s what humans do”, in The Guardian

Forms of intersectionally

comparativemore intersectionally
superlativemost intersectionally

Origin of intersectionally

From intersectional + -ly.

Questions about intersectionally

What does intersectionally mean?
Intersectionally means in an intersectional manner.
What part of speech is intersectionally?
Intersectionally is an adverb.

Words near intersectionally in the dictionary

  1. intersectionalist
  2. intersectionalistic
  3. intersectionalists
  4. intersectionalities
  5. intersectionality
  6. intersectionally
  7. intersections
  8. intersective
  9. intersectively
  10. intersectivity
  11. intersector

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