gatekeepv.
/ˈɡeɪtkiːp/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪtˌkip/ transitive. Originally: to monitor or select (information); to control (access to something). In later use chiefly: to restrict or discourage others' participation in, enjoyment of, or identification with (something, esp. an activity or interest which one shares); (also) to restrict or discourage (a person) in this way. Also intransitive.
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1965 Ont. Jrnl. Educ. Res. Winter 124 What does the educational researcher gatekeep? The most important gatekeeping done by an educational researcher is the selection of topics or issues.
1988 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 57 196 I see the interest of the Holmes Group as being primarily teacher-centred, with its principal focus being on raising the prestige of the profession by ‘gatekeeping’ access..and by establishing a hierarchy of competencies for practice in the field.
1999 Jrnl. Marriage & Family 61 200/1 One way women resist increased men's involvement in family work is by ‘gatekeeping’ the domain of home and family.
2012 NYConvergence (Nexis) 11 Sept. They are the people who want to create these fantastic new applications because they love music. We should be enabling them to help us and not gatekeeping them so much.
2021 @eur0beatqueen 8 June in twitter.com (accessed 22 Mar. 2022) I just saw someone try to gatekeep nirvana like why are you wasting your time trying to gatekeep one of the biggest bands of all time.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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