Intersectionalist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Intersectionalist is an adjective meaning (sociology, social sciences) Based on or informed by theories of intersectionality.
Meaning
(sociology, social sciences) Based on or informed by theories of intersectionality.
More Meanings
- Committed to or interested in ideas of intersectionality.
- (sociology, social sciences) A proponent of intersectionality.
- One committed to or advocating intersectional relations, bonds among or across groups.
Example Sentences
An actual and not a merely philosophic intersectionalist was William Gilmore Simms of Carolina.
What feminists, especially intersectionalists, have been imagining as identities needs to be exchanged for descriptions of social circumstances.
Aside from these general challenges, I address issues of self-hate, shame, anger, and frustration by bringing in the intersectionalist perspective of domination.
It is possible that, by the time this anthology is published, the only sexual fantasies still legal in the UK will be those that feature Ed Miliband in conversation with a group of intersectionalist feminists who check their privilege every thirty seconds.
Word Forms
- intersectionalists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include identitarian, class-based, institutionalist, sociofunctional, ethnosocial, interpretivist.
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