Etymology

Weinstein effect

Today it means: The global trend of people coming forward to accuse famous or powerful men of sexual misconduct, in the wake of such allegations made in 2017 against film producer Harvey Weinstein. Full definition →

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Named after American film producer Harvey Weinstein (1952–).

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