gatekeepery

English

Alternative forms

• gatekeeper-y

Etymology

From gatekeeper +‎ -y.

Adjective

gatekeepery (comparative more gatekeepery, superlative most gatekeepery)

1. (informal) Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to gatekeeping.

   Synonym: gate-keepy

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

     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.

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

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

   • 2020, Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material, unnumbered page:

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

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:gatekeepery.