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women's movement

wom·en's move·ment
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [wim-inz moov-muh nt]
    • /ˈwɪm ɪnz ˈmuv mənt/
    • /ˈwɪ.mɪnz ˈmuːvmənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wim-inz moov-muh nt]
    • /ˈwɪm ɪnz ˈmuv mənt/

Definitions of women's movement words

  • noun women's movement 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. 1
  • singular noun women's movement You use the women's movement to refer to groups of people and organizations that believe that women should have the same rights and opportunities in society as men. 0
  • noun women's movement a grass-roots movement of women concerned with women's liberation 0
  • noun women's movement a movement or campaign to achieve women's rights, specif., the widespread movement begun in the mid-20th cent. chiefly in North America and Europe 0
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Origin of women's movement

First appearance:

before 1965
One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1965-70

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Parts of speech for Women's movement

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
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exclamation
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women's movement popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for women's movement

noun women's movement

  • feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
  • womanism — believing in and respecting the abilities and talents of women; acknowledging women's contributions to society.
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