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antifeminism

American  
[an-tee-fem-uhn-iz-uhm, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈfɛm ənˌɪz əm, ˌæn taɪ- /

noun

  1. opposition to feminismand feminist policies.


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Author: Donald Critchlow is a conservative historian of the American right and among his many books is a biography of Phyllis Schlafly, pioneer of movement conservatism and conservative antifeminism and founder of the Eagle Forum.

From The Guardian Jan. 5, 2017

Having agreed to the script, he said, she started demanding various changes; as Sluizer told it, some were to correct what she saw as the screenplay’s antifeminism while others were to cater to her vanity.

From Slate Oct. 31, 2013

Whereas feminism was hip and fashionable in the '70s, antifeminism became socially acceptable in the '80s.

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