Listserv

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of electronic mailing list, allowing for distribution of email to many subscribers. Internet

    "At subregional, regional, and global conferences, as well as through websites, listservs, cyberjournals, newsletters, and public reports and books, feminists from the South have articulated strategies to break down structural inequality […]"

Synonyms

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mailbase

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"At subregional, regional, and global conferences, as well as through websites, listservs, cyberjournals, newsletters, and public reports and books, feminists from the South have articulated strategies to break down structural inequality […]"

Etymology

Clipping of listserver.

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mailing list

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