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- [fem-uh-nist]
- /ˈfɛm ə nɪst/
- /ˈfem.ɪ.nɪst/
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- [fem-uh-nist]
- /ˈfɛm ə nɪst/
Definitions of feminist word
- adjective feminist advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men. 1
- noun feminist an advocate of such rights. 1
- noun feminist A person who supports feminism. 1
- noun feminist supporter of women's rights 1
- adjective feminist supporting women's rights 1
- countable noun feminist A feminist is a person who believes in and supports feminism. 0
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Origin of feminist
First appearance:
before 1852 One of the 32% newest English words
1852 (probably in the current sense, but possibly in the sense “feminine, womanly”); < Latin fēmina “woman” + English -ist; cf. French féministe
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Parts of speech for Feminist
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feminist popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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noun feminist
- women's libber — a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men.
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