womanist
adjective
believing in and respecting the abilities and talents of women; acknowledging women's contributions to society.
womanism
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a word derived from
womanist.
Example Sentences
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A week focused on “The Black feminist movement, womanism and intersectionality,” in a draft dated February 2022, had morphed in the final version to “Black women’s voices in society and leadership.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
Bass, who “grounded herself in womanism and revolution,” is now trying to “out-Caruso Caruso and out-Buscaino Buscaino,” they said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
Rihanna’s 2016 hit “Needed Me” is a master class in coldblooded womanism whose chorus culminates with her singing “Didn’t they tell you that I was a savage?”
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2018
One of the few exceptions, and by default the leading champion for the cause of country womanism, is Miranda Lambert.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2014
What Walker has defined as "womanism" caused an uproar in many corners of the African-American establishment, full of indignance at what was judged her "negative imagery" of the black male, the black family.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2013
