intersectional
/ˌɪntərˈsɛkʃənəl/
adjective
- Relating to or involving the way different social categories (such as race, gender, and class) overlap and create unique experiences of discrimination or privilege.
- Her research examines the intersectional identities of immigrant women.
- Intersectional feminism considers how race and class affect women's experiences.
- The study takes an intersectional approach to understanding inequality.
- Relating to or formed by the crossing or overlapping of two or more things.
- They studied the intersectional effects of climate change on coastal communities.
- The design uses intersectional patterns of lines and colors.
- The intersectional area of the two circles is shaded in the diagram.
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