Sekirov Dictionary

neuroqueer

UK /ˈnjʊə.ɹəʊˈkwɪə/US /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɹoʊˈkwɪɹ/

noun 2
adjective 1
verb 1
forms 5

noun2

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The state or quality of being neuroqueer.
- Neuroqueer is a queer/crip response to normative discussions about gender, sexuality, and disability as pathology. — 2019
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One who belongs to the neuroqueer community.
- In this regard, the potential of a prosthetic, specialized environment is the always-now —any change could result in neuroqueers backsliding into neuroqueerity. — 2018

adjective1

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Belonging to, characteristic of, or related to the intersection of neurodivergence and queerness, particularly autism and LGBT identities.
- Whether discussed in clinical journals or in media accounts, ABA purports to change neural pathways, rewire neuroqueer brains, and ford synapses. — 2018

verb1

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To make or become neuroqueer.
- I believe in the potentialities of autistic stories and gestures, of neuroqueering what we've come to understand as language and being. — 2018

forms

neuroqueered · neuroqueering · neuroqueers · more neuroqueer · most neuroqueer

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