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postqueer

postqueer adjective: after the establishment of the queer (homosexual, bisexual, transgender, etc.) movement, or queer theory.

Adjective

postqueer (not comparable)

  1. After the establishment of the queer (homosexual, bisexual, transgender, etc.) movement, or queer theory.
    • This has meant also a postfeminist, postqueer shift toward a different Foucault than the one we were obsessed with in the 1980s and nineties. If we still use him, it is usually for purposes other than sex: the rethinking of race, sovereignty, religion, and nation.2013, Lynn Huffer, Mad for Foucault: Rethinking the Foundations of Queer Theory

Origin of postqueer

From post- + queer.

Questions about postqueer

What does postqueer mean?
Postqueer means after the establishment of the queer (homosexual, bisexual, transgender, etc.) movement, or queer theory.
What part of speech is postqueer?
Postqueer is an adjective.

Words near postqueer in the dictionary

  1. postquadratic
  2. postqualification
  3. postqualifying
  4. postquantum
  5. postquasistatic
  6. postqueer
  7. postquel
  8. postquels
  9. postquestionnaire
  10. postquestionnaires
  11. postquranic

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