interseccionalidade

Portuguese

Etymology

From interseccional +‎ -idade. Sense 2 is a calque of English intersectionality.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.sek.si.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.teh.sek.sɪ.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teʁ.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.teh.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.sek.si.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.teh.sek.sɪ.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teʁ.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.teh.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teɾ.sek.si.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.teɾ.sek.sɪ.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teɾ.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.sek.si.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.teχ.sek.sɪ.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teʁ.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.teχ.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teɻ.sek.si.o.na.liˈda.de/ [ĩ.teɻ.sek.sɪ.o.na.liˈda.de], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teɻ.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.sɛ.ksju.nɐ.liˈda.dɨ/ [ĩ.tɨɾ.sɛ.ksju.nɐ.liˈða.ðɨ]

Noun

interseccionalidade f (plural interseccionalidades)

1. intersectionality (the quality or state of being intersectional)
2. (sociology) intersectionality (the study of overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression)

   A interseccionalidade entre autismo e transgeneridade

   The intersectionality of autism and transgenderism

Further reading

• “interseccionalidade”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025