Gcf

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of greatest common factor. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 2
    Initialism of gender-critical feminist. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Now imagine that, as is the case with many British GCF philosophers, the instructor believes that trans women in women’s prisons pose an unacceptable threat to the safety of inmates in those prisons. […] The pay-off, though, of defending GCFs in cases like the above is that by the very same principle we defend other controversial scholarship, including emerging scholarly areas like transgender studies or critical race studies."

  3. 3
    Initialism of gender-critical feminism. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "In contrast to trans-exclusionary radical feminism (TERF) and Gender Critical Feminism (GCF), which theorize women’s identities and spaces to the exclusion of transgender women […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Green Climate Fund. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "As the world's largest multilateral climate fund, the GCF is tasked with driving green investments to developing countries. […] The GCF was one of the earliest victims of President Donald Trump's sweeping attack on climate action following his re-election."

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"Now imagine that, as is the case with many British GCF philosophers, the instructor believes that trans women in women’s prisons pose an unacceptable threat to the safety of inmates in those prisons. […] The pay-off, though, of defending GCFs in cases like the above is that by the very same principle we defend other controversial scholarship, including emerging scholarly areas like transgender studies or critical race studies."

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