different between interjectional vs intersectional

English

Etymology

interjection +? -al

Adjective

interjectional (comparative more interjectional, superlative most interjectional)

1. Being or pertaining to an interjection.

   "Ouch!" is an interjectional utterance.

Synonyms

• ejaculative

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.t???s?k.??.nl?/
• Hyphenation: in?ter?sec?tion?al

Etymology 1

From intersection +? -al.

Adjective

intersectional (comparative more intersectional, superlative most intersectional)

1. Of or pertaining to an intersection, especially of multiple forms of discrimination (for example, the intersection of misogyny and racism which affects black women specifically).
   • 2009, Yvonne Wesley, Black Women's Health: Challenges and Opportunities

     Intersectional discrimination is particularly difficult to identify in contexts where economic, cultural, or social forces quietly shape the background such that women are placed in positions where they are affected by some other system of [discrimination].

   • 2013, Malcolm Sargeant, Discrimination and the Law, Routledge (?ISBN)

     The second type consists of intersectional discrimination where the multiple discrimination cannot usefully or effectively be broken down into its component parts. Thus a young black woman may suffer discrimination in a way that an older black woman does not.

   • 2017, Anne Cunningham, Reproductive Rights, Greenhaven Publishing LLC (?ISBN), page 62:

     In the following viewpoint, Taylor Hawk explains intersectional feminism and underscores its importance. Professor and activist Kimberlé Crenshaw invented the term, but it has since become a buzzword with a reach expanding far beyond the […]

2. Of or relating to intersectionalism or intersectionality.
3. Encompassing or concerned with multiple different groups or the forms of discrimination they face (for example, inclusive of women of all races and people of color of all genders).
   • 2017, Aaron Hess, Amber Davisson, Theorizing Digital Rhetoric, Routledge (?ISBN):

     “The revolution will be intersectional or it won't be my revolution” (or the more blunt and succinct “The revolution will be intersectional or it will be bullshit”) warn us of the dangers of single-issue/single-marginalization identity.

   • 2018, Trevor Greenfield, Seven Ages of the Goddess, John Hunt Publishing (?ISBN)

     The next Age of the Goddess will not allow for spaces that are exclusionary of trans and nonbinary people, both because it will be intersectional and political, and because it will demand liberation for all.

Etymology 2

From inter- +? sectional.

Adjective

intersectional (comparative more intersectional, superlative most intersectional)

2. Existing or occurring between sections or groups.