gatekeep
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gatekeep
- /ˈɡeɪt.kiːp/
Where it comes from
From gate + keep, as back-formation from gatekeeper.
verb gatekeeps · gatekeeping · gatekept · gate-keep
- To control or limit access to something.
- To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
- To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or an activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.
noun gatekeeps · gate-keep
- A gatekeeper. Similar remarks had passed the cherry-stained lips a hundred times, and this one was brought on just after the gatekeep at the north postern of Bull Joy had slyly given the wink behind "her husband's" broad back.
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verb verb
| Português | porteirar |
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noun noun
| Español | portero |
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| Português | porteirador, porteiradora, porteiradore |
Talk about this word "gatekeep." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gatekeep. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gatekeep. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gatekeep "gatekeep." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gatekeep.Cite this
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title = {gatekeep},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gatekeep},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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