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Meaning of gatekeeping

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

gatekeeping

verb

Definitions

  1. To control or limit access to something.

  2. To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.

  3. (by extension) To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or activity, usually due to undue resentment or overprotectiveness