grandfathering
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
See grandfather.
Verb[edit]
grandfathering
- present participle and gerund of grandfather
Etymology 2[edit]
See grandfather.
Noun[edit]
grandfathering (usually uncountable, plural grandfatherings)
- Exemption from new legislation or regulations.
- Hypernym: carveout
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 311:
- The grandfathering of boundaries has been, on average, a pacifying development […]