English Explanatory Dictionary

Matilda effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The ignorance or minimization of the role of women in science.

Word forms

Matilda effect the Matilda effect

Etymology

Named by Margaret W. Rossiter for Matilda J. Gage and patterned after the Matthew effect.

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