grandfathering

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹandfɑːðəɹɪŋ/

Etymology 1

See grandfather.

Verb

grandfathering

  1. present participle and gerund of grandfather

Etymology 2

See grandfather.

Noun

grandfathering (usually uncountable, plural grandfatherings)

  1. 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 […]
    • [2020 August 4, Azi Paybarah, “Massachusetts Court Won’t Use Term ‘Grandfathering,’ Citing Its Racist Origins”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      And on Monday, an appeals court in Massachusetts said that it would no longer use the term “grandfathering” because “it has racist origins.”]
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