postfeminist
Americanadjective
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relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
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relating to or characterized by the more equal treatment of women resulting from the success of this movement.
a postfeminist household in which both partners share all tasks equally.
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relating to or noting a more moderate campaign for women’s rights in the era after many of the goals of the feminist movement, as more equal access to educational opportunities, more equal treatment in the workplace, and reproductive rights, were met.
postfeminist acceptance of a woman’s right to prioritize either her career or her family.
noun
adjective
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resulting from or including the beliefs and ideas of feminism
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differing from or showing moderation of these beliefs and ideas
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of postfeminist
1980–85; post- + feminist ( def. )
Example Sentences
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So, what are we supposed to do with the idea of loud women in our postfeminist age?
From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2018
In the book “Women Watching Television: Gender, Class, and Generation in the American Television Experience,” Andrea Press separates television eras into prefeminist, feminist and postfeminist.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2017
What is more, as with so many issues that surround women and beauty and aging and sex, there is a paradox today that seems to strike women of the postfeminist generation with a particular force.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2016
Personally, I always rather enjoyed the Mani Cam, which had its debut in 2012, feeling it a sort of freaky postfeminist version of a Joseph Cornell box.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2015
He is, in short, an absolute monarch for our postfeminist time.
From Time Magazine Archive
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