Usually means: Exclusively controlling access to something.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word gatekeeping:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. gatekeeping: Merriam-Webster
  2. gatekeeping: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gatekeeping: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gatekeeping: Wordnik
  5. gatekeeping: Wiktionary
  6. gatekeeping: Dictionary.com
  7. Gatekeeping (communication), Gatekeeping (education): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gatekeeping: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gatekeeping: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. gatekeeping: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. gatekeeping: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gatekeeping)

noun:  The act or process of limiting another party's participation in a collective identity or an activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.

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