"Weinstein effect" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Weinstein effect [canonical]
Etymology: Named after American film producer Harvey Weinstein (1952–). Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|film producer||||}} film producer, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Harvey Weinstein}} Harvey Weinstein, {{named-after|en|Harvey Weinstein|born=1952|nat=American|occ=film producer|wplink==}} Named after American film producer Harvey Weinstein (1952–) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1}} the Weinstein effect
  1. The global trend of people coming forward to accuse famous or powerful men of sexual misconduct, in the wake of such allegations made in 2017 against film producer Harvey Weinstein. Wikipedia link: Weinstein effect
    Sense id: en-Weinstein_effect-en-name-PBVDEJ19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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