interseccionalidade
Portuguese
Etymology
From interseccional + -idade. Sense 2 is a calque of English intersectionality.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.sek.si.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.teh.sek.sɪ.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teʁ.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.teh.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɾ.sek.si.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.teɾ.sek.sɪ.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teɾ.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.sek.si.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.teχ.sek.sɪ.o.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teʁ.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi/ [ĩ.teχ.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.d͡ʒi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɻ.sek.si.o.na.liˈda.de/ [ĩ.teɻ.sek.sɪ.o.na.liˈda.de], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teɻ.sek.sjo.na.liˈda.de/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.sɛ.ksju.nɐ.liˈda.dɨ/ [ĩ.tɨɾ.sɛ.ksju.nɐ.liˈða.ðɨ]
Noun
interseccionalidade f (plural interseccionalidades)
- intersectionality (the quality or state of being intersectional)
- (sociology) intersectionality (the study of overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression)
- A interseccionalidade entre autismo e transgeneridade
- The intersectionality of autism and transgenderism
Further reading
- “interseccionalidade”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025