feminism
pronunciation
How to pronounce feminism in British English:
UK [ˈfemənɪzəm]
How to pronounce feminism in American English:
US [ˈfɛməˌnɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women
- the movement aimed at equal rights for women
Word Origin
- feminism (n.)
- 1851, "qualities of females;" 1895, "advocacy of women's rights;" from French féminisme (1837); see feminine + -ism. Also, in biology, "development of female secondary sexual characteristics in a male" (1875).
Example
- 1. Her tome helped catapult feminism beyond an ideology of victimhood .
- 2. So whatever happened to feminism ?
- 3. Ms coleman makes the case for islamic feminism .
- 4. Bonino points out that italian feminism was vigorous in the 1970s when abortion and divorce were legalised " even with the church next door and the pope on television every day " .
- 5. Italian feminism , say bonino and graziella parati , head of comparative literature at dartmouth college in the us , used to be strong , but not any more .