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feminist

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈfɛmənɪst//

Relating to or in accordance with feminism.

adjective

  1. 1

    Relating to or in accordance with feminism.

    Feminist struggle takes place anytime anywhere any female or male resists sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.

    Whatever else, Irréversible is already a succès de scandale. [Gaspar] Noé's claims that it is a "feminist" movie sound far-fetched, but he certainly offers an extraordinarily pessimistic view of male sexuality.

Etymology

First attested in 1852. Ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). See also feminine, feminism.

noun

  1. 1

    An advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life.

  2. 2

    A member of a feminist political movement.

Forms

plural
feminists
comparative
more feminist
superlative
most feminist
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Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).