(by extension, slang, Internet) To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.
(sociology) To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
To control or limit access to something.
gatekeeper
gatekeeper
noun
(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
One who gatekeeps.
gatekeepers
gatekeepers
noun
plural of gatekeeper
gatekeeping
gatekeeping
verb
present participle and gerund of gatekeep
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
geopolitik
glykopectic
grapestalk
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
highpockets
intersprinkling
intersprinkling
noun
A sprinkling between.
verb
present participle of intersprinkle
katagelophobia
katagelophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia
katjepiering
ketapang
ketapang
noun
The tropical tree Terminalia catappa.
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
kinetographer
kinetographer
noun
A person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetography
kinetography
noun
(choreography) Labanotation.
(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.
kinetophonograph
kinetophonograph
noun
Synonym of kinetophone
lightkeeper
lightkeeper
noun
The person who has charge of the light in a lighthouse or lightship.
meatpacking
meatpacking
noun
(US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
meatpackings
outkeeping
outkeeping
verb
present participle of outkeep
outpocketing
outpocketing
noun
The growth of a surface so as to form a cavity (sac or pocket); the cavity so formed
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
packeting
packeting
verb
present participle of packet
painstakingness
painstakingness
noun
The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.
paligorskite
partridgelike
partridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a partridge.
pathbreaking
pathbreaking
adj
Opening a new path or approach
patternmaking
patternmaking
noun
The creation of patterns for either sewing or casting.
peastaking
peasticking
pharyngokeratosis
pickeringite
pickeringite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.
pickerington
picketing
picketing
noun
The act of one who pickets (in any sense).
verb
present participle of picket
picturemaking
pigsticked
pigsticker
pigsticker
noun
(UK, India) A horse well-suited to hunt wild boar.
(UK, India) A hunter of wild boar.
(US, dialect) A sled with a pointed front.
A large knife, used as a weapon.
A pork butcher.
A spike bayonet
pigstickers
pigstickers
noun
plural of pigsticker
platemaking
platemaking
noun
The production of plates (printing surfaces).
platemakings
pocketing
pocketing
noun
A structure resembling a pocket or pouch.
Material used for making pockets for clothing.
The act of something being illicitly taken or purloined.
verb
present participle of pocket
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
prekindergarten
prekindergarten
adj
Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to attend it.
noun
(US) The first formal academic learning environment for children, before kindergarten.
prekindergartens
prekindergartens
noun
plural of prekindergarten
premarketing
premarketing
adj
Before the marketing of a product or service.
prepartaking
preundertaking
prokindergarten
sabbathkeeping
skepticizing
skepticizing
verb
present participle of skepticize
spectaclemaking
spectaclemaking
noun
The manufacture of spectacles (eyewear).
spirketing
spirketing
noun
(nautical) The planking from the waterways up to the portsills.
spirketting
spirketting
noun
Alternative form of spirketing
stethokyrtograph
stethokyrtograph
noun
An instrument for measuring a person's chest.
stockkeeping
stockkeeping
noun
stock control
storekeeping
storekeeping
noun
The work of a storekeeper, looking after a shop.
superacknowledgment
tapemaking
tapermaking
telekinematography
timekeeping
timekeeping
noun
The measurement of time, or determining what the local time is.
The quality of being punctual, keeping to a set time.