Gamergate en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈɡeɪməɹˌɡeɪt/ (General-American)
Etymology
From gamer + -gate. Coined or popularized by American actor Adam Baldwin.
Meanings
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A campaign that started in 2014 and happened primarily online, which centered around sexism and anti-progressivism in video game culture and took the form of a harassment campaign against women in the video game industry.
Those who experienced the harassment firsthand warned that if not taken seriously, the behaviors underlying Gamergate would fester.
2025 March 23, Harmeet Kaur, “How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become”, in CNN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GamerGate | alternative | lexicographic |