Sekirov Dictionary

gatekeep

/ˈɡeɪt.kiːp/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 4

verb3

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

noun1

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A gatekeeper.
- A gentleman stopped his horse at a toll-gate and not seeing the gatekeep went into the house. — 1969

forms

gatekeeped · gatekept · gatekeeping · gatekeeps

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