gate-keeping

A form of gatekeeping — 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.

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Meanings

noungate-keeping (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of gatekeeping.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gate-keep
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APA

gate-keeping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gate-keeping

MLA

“gate-keeping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gate-keeping. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gate-keeping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gate-keeping.

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