gatekeep

Meanings

Verb

  • To control or limit access to something.
  • To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
  • To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or activity, usually due to undue resentment or overprotectiveness

Noun

Origin

  • gate + keep, as .

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