Meaning of gamergate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gamergate.
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2. A controversy that started in 2014, and happened primarily online, around issues of sexism and progressivism in video game culture and harassment of women in the video game industry.
3. A worker insect that can become capable of reproducing when the queen has died.

Examples

“Recent studies indicate that queenless societies can have either one or several gamergates per colony, which reveals that reproductive inhibition can occur despite the absence of the queen caste.”

“Those who experienced the harassment firsthand warned that if not taken seriously, the behaviors underlying Gamergate would fester.”

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