Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matilda effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: matil-da -ef-fect
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The ignorance or minimization of the role of women in science.

Example Sentences

"Since this systematic bias in scientific information and recognition practices fits the second half of Matthew 13:12 in the Bible, which refers to the under-recognition accorded to those who have little to start with, it is suggested that sociologists of science and knowledge can add to the 'Matthew Effect', made famous by Robert K. Merton in 1968, the "Matilda Effect", named for the American suffragist and feminist critic Matilda J. Gage of New York, who in the late nineteenth century both experienced and articulated this phenomenon."

Etymology

Named by Margaret W. Rossiter for Matilda J. Gage and patterned after the Matthew effect.

Inflected Forms

the Matilda effect (canonical)

Questions

What does matilda effect mean?: The ignorance or minimization of the role of women in science.
Where does matilda effect come from?: Named by Margaret W. Rossiter for Matilda J. Gage and patterned after the Matthew effect.

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