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Definitions

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  • noun A belief system that resembles, but is not in fact, feminism.

Etymologies

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pseudo- +‎ feminism

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Examples

  • I'm really getting sick of the Clinton camp attempting to play lowest common denominator pseudofeminism for sympathy votes.

    Hillary To NBC: Fire David Shuster 2009

  • To anyone railing about injustice, you are just silly and I think it is typical of mainstream pseudofeminism to get worked up about how much rich white women are making because Jolie is soooo oppressed.

    Harrison Ford Earned Almost 2.5 Times More Than The Top Earning Actress in 2008 | /Film 2009

  • This passive-aggressive pseudofeminism is, of course, hitting hardest those who lack privilege and/or have not yet in their careers attained a measure of security and power.

    Feminism and Judaism are Friends - Danya Ruttenberg 2007

  • Nothing so interesting: just another example of Mr. LaBute’s batty, slightly hysterical misogyny, overlaid with some mumbo jumbo about ancient goddess religions that makes “The Da Vinci Code” look scholarly even as “The Wicker Man” reverses that film’s mushy pseudofeminism. ..

    Bad Ideas = Bad Ideas K. A. Laity 2006

  • Nothing so interesting: just another example of Mr. LaBute’s batty, slightly hysterical misogyny, overlaid with some mumbo jumbo about ancient goddess religions that makes “The Da Vinci Code” look scholarly even as “The Wicker Man” reverses that film’s mushy pseudofeminism. ..

    Archive 2006-09-01 K. A. Laity 2006

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