gatekeepery

comparative more gatekeepery · superlative most gatekeepery · alternative gatekeeper-y

1. informalEngaging in, characteristic of, or related to gatekeeping.

   Seems like gender transition has gotten easier and less gatekeepery since the last time El looked into it.

   2019, Charlie Jane Anders, "I'll have you know", MIT Technology Review, Volume 122, Number 5, September/October 2019, page 83

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   Nostalgia is unproductive at best, and harmful at worst. I think it leads to gatekeeper-y behaviour, in terms of people feeling ownership over how we talk about things, or what something should be, or what gender a Ghostbuster is allowed to be.

   2017, Frank Cifaldi, quoted in Will Freeman, "Save And Continue", Develop, April 2017, page 14

   This was one of those gatekeepery anecdotes that you needed an English/Posh Git dictionary to make any sense of.

   2020, Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material, unnumbered page

   Synonyms: gate-keepy