Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lavender menace

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables: laven-der -me-n-ace
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The presence of lesbians or lesbian activism in the feminist movement, seen as a threat to the movement at large.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It's an old story that lesbians and gay men have always been a part of movements for justice. However, it is only recently, as queers have come into their own political awareness, that this has been more than an unacknowledged, unreciprocated contribution of gay and lesbian spirit. […] We were the lavender menace of the early women's movement and the bourgeois decadent lifestylists of the sectarian New Left."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does lavender menace mean?: The presence of lesbians or lesbian activism in the feminist movement, seen as a threat to the movement at large.

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