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genderquake

noun

Etymology

From gender + quake, coined by Naomi Wolf.

  1. inherited from *kwakōną✻ — “to shake, quiver, tremble”
  2. inherited from cwacian — “to quake, tremble, chatter”
  3. inherited from quaken
  4. compounded as genderquake — “gender + quake”

Definitions

  1. A fundamental shift of power from men to women.

    • These regions have genderquakes of their own.
    • I have shown that the malestream has largely ignored a genderquake in sociology although a few men are very disturbed about it, and a larger minority of men are excited by it.
    • I believe she is quite right about the systemic gender crisis it caused. While Wolf marks the hearing as a moment that killed patriarchy, I understand the genderquake to have had the following effects[…]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA