Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Belief in or advocacy of women's social, political, and economic rights, especially with regard to equality of the sexes.
- noun The movement organized around this belief.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The presence of specifically feminine characteristics in the male.
- noun The qualities of females.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A social theory or political
movement arguing that legal and social restrictions onfemales must be removed in order to bring aboutequality of both sexes in all aspects of public and private life.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the movement aimed at equal rights for women
- noun a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women
Etymologies
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Examples
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And the one basic, most important fight in feminism is for choice.
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"The word feminism has become synonymous with the idea of man-hating when in fact it has more to do with women than men," she wrote, using the example of Christine Lagarde, the former French finance minister who became the first female head of the International Monetary Fund.
Magda Abu-Fadil: Arab Editor Aysha Taryam Slams Indifference Magda Abu-Fadil 2012
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The word feminism itself had not exactly inspired a ferocious defense by its own adherents.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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The word feminism itself had not exactly inspired a ferocious defense by its own adherents.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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The word feminism itself had not exactly inspired a ferocious defense by its own adherents.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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The word feminism itself had not exactly inspired a ferocious defense by its own adherents.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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For this reason, many women's organizations consciously avoid the term feminism in their strategic actions, in order to more successfully convey their message to the public.
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Asking me if I believe in feminism is like asking me if I believe in integration.
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Asking me if I believe in feminism is like asking me if I believe in integration.
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Asking me if I believe in feminism is like asking me if I believe in integration.
uselessness commented on the word feminism
"This morning I woke up happy. I laid in bed 45 minutes after my alarm rang just to take it in: the feel of my sheets, my legs scissoring to the rhythm of the hopeful word that kept flipping through my mind: feminism. When does one ever wake up with that? With a four syllable word like that flipping by? Like a flip book. Only it's the same image every time. Only it doesn't move. Only it doesn't change. Only it changes everything."
- Youth Group Girls
April 4, 2007
patiomensch commented on the word feminism
"Legs scissoring to the rhythm?" Sounds pretty hot. Go feminism!
April 14, 2007
polymorph commented on the word feminism
Bumper sticker politics:
Feminism is the radical notion
that women are people
P.S. I think I added scissoring last night :)
April 14, 2007
mialuthien commented on the word feminism
The radical concept that women are people, too.
July 14, 2008