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feminist

[ fem-uh-nist ]

adjective

  1. advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.


noun

  1. an advocate of such rights.

ˈڱ𳾾Ծ

/ ˈɛɪɪ /

noun

  1. a person who advocates equal rights for women
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or advocating feminism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • t·ڱi·Ծ noun adjective
  • t·ڱi·Ծt adjective
  • ԴDz·ڱi·Ծ adjective noun
  • ·ڱi·Ծ noun adjective
  • ܲ·ڱi·Ծ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of feminist1

First recorded in 1850–55 (probably in the current sense, but possibly in the sense “feminine, womanly”); from Latin ŧԲ “woman” + -ist ( def )
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Example Sentences

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She added: "And the fact that they've, like, made it like some sort of feminist thing..."

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Unveiled in 2018, it is also the only statue by a female artist in the square, and was erected following a campaign and petition by the feminist activist Caroline Criado Perez.

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As a feminist, I couldn't help but listen to a 9-part series labeled "Feminine Genius" by a woman named Lisa Cotter.

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If that seems like a change from the feminist speculative fiction of her breakthrough, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Atwood has refused to be pigeonholed.

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He wrote that she displayed "the man-eating weed of Humanistic Mercy" that was "enabled by the feminist denial of the complementary design and callings of men and women."

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