Gatekeeping
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gatekeeping is a noun meaning present participle and gerund of gatekeep.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of gatekeep.
More Meanings
- The act or process of limiting another party's participation in a collective identity or an activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, selfishness, complacency, or overprotectiveness.
Example Sentences
Vaginoplasty is a major surgery with significant recovery time, and patients must be medically, socially, and emotionally prepared for success. Patients sometimes express frustration at perceived gate-keeping in requiring mental health evaluation prior to surgery, something that most cis-gender patients undergoing surgery are not required to undergo.
Word Forms
- gate-keeping
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include monitoring, surveillance, gatekeeperism, exclusivism, exclusionism, closure.
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