ALL meanings of intersectionality
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I i - noun intersectionality A feminist sociological methodology of studying the relationships among multiple dimensions and modalities of social relationships and subject formations. 1
- noun intersectionality the theory that the overlap of various social identities, as race, gender, sexuality, and class, contributes to the specific type of systemic oppression and discrimination experienced by an individual (often used attributively): Her paper uses a queer intersectionality approach. 1
- noun intersectionality the oppression and discrimination resulting from the overlap of an individual’s various social identities: the intersectionality of oppression experienced by black women. 1