feminist

[fem-uh-nist]

adjective

1. advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.

noun

1. an advocate of such rights.

ˈfeminist

/ ˈfɛmɪnɪst /

noun

1. a person who advocates equal rights for women

adjective

1. of, relating to, or advocating feminism

Other Word Forms

• antifeminist noun
• antifeministic adjective
• nonfeminist adjective
• profeminist noun
• unfeminist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of feminist¹

First recorded in 1850–55 (probably in the current sense, but possibly in the sense “feminine, womanly”); from Latin fēmina “woman” + -ist ( def. )

Example Sentences

“There are feminist groups,” he noted, “but feminism itself is not a group.”

From Los Angeles Times

Oka, the film's screenwriter, echoes the feminist message behind the film.

From BBC

Both sing with her on a fiery feminist anthem, “One in a Long Line,” on the new record.

From Los Angeles Times

And from Susan B. Anthony to Victoria Woodhull, Lepore depicts the suffragettes who marched for decades, often in tension with Black feminists, before they won the franchise.

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Mary Steenburgen had arrived here only hours earlier and already she was in the thick of it, mingling with feminist and Latino activists in a crowded, art-filled 5th Avenue apartment.

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