postfeminist

American  

[pohst-fem-uh-nist] / poʊstˈfɛm ə nɪst /

adjective

1. relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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noun

1. a person who believes in, promotes, or embodies any of various ideologies springing from the feminism of the 1970s.

postfeminist British  

/ pəʊstˈfɛmɪnɪst /

adjective

1. resulting from or including the beliefs and ideas of feminism

2. differing from or showing moderation of these beliefs and ideas

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noun

1. a person who believes in or advocates any of the ideas that have developed from the feminist movement

Other Word Forms

• postfeminism noun

Etymology

Origin of postfeminist

1980–85; post- + feminist ( def. )

Example Sentences

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

So when I look back over the long stretch of the intervening decades, I now see those two movies as representing dueling meta-narratives in a postfeminist Mexican standoff.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2011

And like any good postfeminist, she took her bows and played to that image, working in a palette heavy on girly pinks and occasionally signing her canvases "Cecily."

From Time Magazine Archive