intersectional
English
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧sec‧tion‧al
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Etymology 1
From intersection + -al.
Adjective
intersectional (comparative more intersectional, superlative most intersectional)
- Of or pertaining to an intersection, especially of multiple forms of discrimination.
- 2016, Charles Lemert, Social Theory: The Multicultural, Global, and Classic Readings:
- The tragic incidents of racially motivated rape are sometimes preceded by another manifestation of intersectional oppression, the propagation of explicitly raced and gendered propaganda directed against ethnic women[.]
- 2017, Anne Cunningham, Reproductive Rights, Greenhaven Publishing LLC (→ISBN), page 62:
- In the following viewpoint, Taylor Hawk explains intersectional feminism and underscores its importance. Professor and activist Kimberlé Crenshaw invented the term, but it has since become a buzzword with a reach expanding far beyond the […]
- Of or relating to intersectionalism or intersectionality.
- 2019 February 27, Jeremy Pelzer, “Green Party presidential hopeful says he was fired as rabbi because of Israel criticism”, in cleveland.com[1]:
- Hunter has also been serving as coordinator for Jewish life and intersectional programming at the College of Wooster.
Etymology 2
Adjective
intersectional (comparative more intersectional, superlative most intersectional)
- Existing or occurring between sections or groups.
- 1894 April 27, William H. Stewart, “Best name for the war”, in The Confederate Veteran[2], page 140:
- I have often thought of the many objections to "Civil War", "War between the States." As it was a war between the Northern and Southern sections of the United States, I have ventured to suggest "Intersectional War" as an appropriate name