Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gatekeepery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gate-keep-ery
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to gatekeeping.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Nostalgia is unproductive at best, and harmful at worst. I think it leads to gatekeeper-y behaviour, in terms of people feeling ownership over how we talk about things, or what something should be, or what gender a Ghostbuster is allowed to be."
"Seems like gender transition has gotten easier and less gatekeepery since the last time El looked into it."
"This was one of those gatekeepery anecdotes that you needed an English/Posh Git dictionary to make any sense of."

Etymology

From gatekeeper + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gatekeeper

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more gatekeepery (comparative) most gatekeepery (superlative) gatekeeper-y (alternative)

Synonyms

gate-keepy

Questions

What does gatekeepery mean?: Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to gatekeeping.
Where does gatekeepery come from?: From gatekeeper + -y.

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