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queerification

queerification noun: the process of making or becoming queer, i.e. not conforming to mainstream sexual identity or behaviour.

Noun

queerification (uncountable)

  1. The process of making or becoming queer, i.e. not conforming to mainstream sexual identity or behaviour.
    • Whether through bitchification or through queerification, natives provide a groun zero for the conqueror.1995, Emilie L. Bergmann, Paul Julian Smith, editors, Entiendes?: queer readings, Hispanic writings

Origin of queerification

From queer + -ification.

Questions about queerification

What does queerification mean?
Queerification means the process of making or becoming queer, i.e. not conforming to mainstream sexual identity or behaviour.
What part of speech is queerification?
Queerification is a noun.

Words near queerification in the dictionary

  1. queerers
  2. queerest
  3. queerhood
  4. queerie
  5. queeries
  6. queerification
  7. queerified
  8. queerifies
  9. queerify
  10. queerifying
  11. queering

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