intersectionality

Noun

1. The quality or state of being intersectional, that is, of being characterized by intersection (especially of multiple forms of discrimination).
   • the intersectionality of these issues
   • the intersectionality of race, gender, class, ethnicity, age, generation, marital status, and place of origin
   • The feminist movement has also laid the groundwork for new intersectionalities with other movements. The intersectionality of interests between legal feminists and fem-crits has perpetuated a progressive CLS [Critical...
2. The study of (or a sociological methodology of studying) overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination.
   • One way to approach the problem of intersectionality is to examine how courts frame and interpret the stories of Black women plaintiffs. - 1989, Kimberlé [Williams] Crenshaw, “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race...
   • This book is about intersectionality and is particularly concerned with examining theorising intersectionalities and difference. In recent years, the concept of intersectionality has taken centre stage and has become a...
   • Intersectionality is a way of understanding and analyzing the complexity in the world, in people, and in human experiences. The events and conditions of social and political life and the self can seldom be understood as...