Neuroqueer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈnjʊə.ɹəʊˈkwɪə/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Neuroqueer is an adjective meaning (neologism, uncountable) The state or quality of being neuroqueer.
Meaning
(neologism, uncountable) The state or quality of being neuroqueer.
More Meanings
- (neologism, countable) One who belongs to the neuroqueer community.
- (neologism) To make or become neuroqueer.
- (neologism) Belonging to, characteristic of, or related to the intersection of neurodivergence and queerness, particularly autism and LGBT identities.
Example Sentences
Autistic rhetoric scholar Melanie Yergeau theorizes neuroqueer as a kind of “asocially perverse” motioning.
Neuroqueer is a queer/crip response to normative discussions about gender, sexuality, and disability as pathology.
My conceptualization of neuroqueer technoscience is also strongly influenced by 3 my own experiences as a multiply neurodivergent queer femme.
Whether discussed in clinical journals or in media accounts, ABA purports to change neural pathways, rewire neuroqueer brains, and ford synapses.
Word Forms
- neuro-queer
- neuroqueers
- neuroqueering
- neuroqueered
Synonyms for neuroqueer
Depending on context, synonyms include neuroqueerness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include neurogender, gendervague, autigender, lgbt, skoliosexual, allosexual.
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