grandfathering
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɡɹandfɑːðəɹɪŋ/
Verb
grandfathering
Noun
grandfathering (usually uncountable, plural grandfatherings)
- Exemption from new legislation or regulations.
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 311:
- The grandfathering of boundaries has been, on average, a pacifying development […]
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 311: