feminazi

See also: féminazi

English

Alternative forms

femi-Nazi, femme-Nazi

Etymology

Blend of feminist +‎ Nazi, popularized in 1992 by conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh, who credited his friend Thomas Hazlett, a professor of law and economics at George Mason University, with coining the term (1987).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌfɛmɪˈnɑːtsi/, enPR: fĕm'ĭ-nätʹsē

Adjective

feminazi (comparative more feminazi, superlative most feminazi)

(derogatory, potentially offensive) Relating to a radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views, or a female chauvinist.

Translations

relating to a radical or militant feminist

Armenian: ֆեմինացիստ (feminacʻist)
Catalan: feminazi m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女權納粹 / 女权纳粹 (nǚquán nàcuì); 女拳 (zh) (nǚquán)
Czech: feminacistka, feminacista
French: féminazi (fr)
Galician: feminazi m or f
German: Feminazi
Greek: φεμιναζιστικός (feminazistikós)
Hungarian: femináci
Indonesian: feminazi
Japanese: フェミナチ (feminachi)
Javanese: feminazi
Korean: 페미나치 (peminachi)
Latin: feminazi
Persian: فمینازی
Polish: feminazistka, feminazista
Portuguese: feminazi (pt) m or f
Russian: фемина́ци (femináci)
Spanish: feminazi (es)
Swedish: feminazi (sv), feminazist (sv)
Turkish: feminazi (tr)
Walon: femirecsisse

Noun

feminazi (plural feminazis)

(derogatory, potentially offensive) A radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views or who seeks female superiority over men.
Synonyms: fembitch, (often used by anti-feminists) femcunt, (rare) femifascist
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:feminazi.

Usage notes

See the usage notes about Nazi.
Limbaugh defined the term as “a feminist to whom the most important thing in life is ensuring that as many abortions as possible occur”, adding that “[t]here are fewer than twenty-five known Feminazis in the United States”.^[3]^[4] However, in practice he and others use the term in a much wider context.^[5]

Derived terms

feminazism

Translations

intolerant radical feminist

Catalan: feminazi f or m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 女權塔利班 / 女权塔利班 (neoi⁵ kyun⁴ taap³ lei⁶ baan¹, literally “feminist Taliban”)

Mandarin: 女權納粹 / 女权纳粹
Czech: feminacista m, feminacistka f
Finnish: feminatsi (fi), telaketjufeministi (fi)
French: féminazi (fr) m, féminazie (fr) f
Galician: feminazi f
German: Feminazi f or m
Greek: φεμιναζί (el) m or f (feminazí)
Hebrew: פֵמִינָאצִית f (feminátsit)
Hungarian: femináci
Ido: feministacho
Indonesian: feminazi
Italian: nazifemminista f or m
Persian: فمینازی
Polish: feminazista m, feminazistka f
Portuguese: feminazista f or m, feminazi (pt) f or m
Russian: феминаци (feminaci)
Spanish: feminazi (es) f or m, (rare) feminazista f or m, (politically correct) hembrista (es) f or m
Swedish: feminazist (sv) c
Turkish: feminazi (tr)

References

^ Hazlett, Thomas Winslow (1 December 1987) “H.L. Mencken: The Soul Behind the Sass”, in Reason, →OL: “We could really use him now, what with Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, Tip O'Neill and Jerry Falwell, Gary Hart and Donna Rice, the Moonies, the feminazis, the Naderite crusaders, and the television evangelists.”
^ Rush H. Limbaugh, III (1992) The Way Things Ought to Be, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 193: “Tom Hazlett, a good friend who is an esteemed and highly regarded professor of economics at the University of California at Davis, coined the term to describe any female who is intolerant of any point of view that challenges militant feminism.”
^ Rush H. Limbaugh, III (1992) “The Limbaugh Lexicon”, in The Way Things Ought to Be, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 296: “Feminazi: Widely misunderstood by most to simply mean “feminist.” Not so, boobala. A Feminazi is a feminist to whom the most important thing in life is ensuring that as many abortions as possible occur. There are fewer than twenty-five known Feminazis in the United States.”
^ Britt Gillette (2005) The Dittohead's Guide to Adult Beverages, Regnery Publishing, page xii
^ Wilson, John K. (1 March 2011) “Bitches, Butt Boys, and Feminazis: Limbaugh’s Sexism and Homophobia”, in The Most Dangerous Man in America: Rush Limbaugh’s Assault on Reason, Macmillan, →ISBN, →OL, page 56:
When asked in 1995 about the term “feminazi,” he declared: “It’s the way I look at the feminist movement.” Limbaugh referred to the National Center for Women and Policing and the Feminist Majority Foundation as “feminazis.” So it’s not just twenty-five individuals, but every single feminist organization, its leaders, and millions upon millions of Americans with the same views whom Limbaugh compares to Nazis.

Anagrams

infamize

Galician

Etymology

Calque of English feminazi: blend of feminista +‎ nazi.

Adjective

feminazi m or f (plural feminazis)

(derogatory, offensive) feminazi

Noun

feminazi m or f by sense (plural feminazis)

(derogatory, offensive) feminazi

Derived terms

feminazismo m

Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of English feminazi: blend of feminista +‎ nazi.

Noun

feminazi m or f by sense (plural feminazis)

(derogatory, offensive) feminazi

Derived terms

feminazismo m

Spanish

Alternative forms

feminazista (rare)

Etymology

Calque of English feminazi: blend of feminista +‎ nazi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /femiˈnaθi/ [fe.miˈna.θi] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /femiˈnasi/ [fe.miˈna.si] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -aθi (Spain)
Rhymes: -asi (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: fe‧mi‧na‧zi

Adjective

feminazi m or f (masculine and feminine plural feminazis)

(derogatory, offensive) feminazi

Noun

feminazi m or f by sense (plural feminazis)

(derogatory, offensive) feminazi
Synonym: (see usage notes there) hembrista

Derived terms

feminazismo m

Turkish

Etymology

Calque of English feminazi: blend of feminist +‎ nazi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /feminɑˈzɪ/, [fe̞.mi.n̪ɑˈz̪ɪ]
Rhymes: -ɪ
Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧na‧zi

Adjective

feminazi

(derogatory)

Noun

feminazi (definite accusative feminaziyi, plural feminaziler)

(derogatory)

Declension

Declension of feminazi

	singular	plural
nominative	feminazi	feminaziler
definite accusative	feminaziyi	feminazileri
dative	feminaziye	feminazilere
locative	feminazide	feminazilerde
ablative	feminaziden	feminazilerden
genitive	feminazinin	feminazilerin

Possessive forms
nominative
	singular	plural
1st singular	feminazim	feminazilerim
2nd singular	feminazin	feminazilerin
3rd singular	feminazisi	feminazileri
1st plural	feminazimiz	feminazilerimiz
2nd plural	feminaziniz	feminazileriniz
3rd plural	feminazileri	feminazileri
definite accusative
	singular	plural
1st singular	feminazimi	feminazilerimi
2nd singular	feminazini	feminazilerini
3rd singular	feminazisini	feminazilerini
1st plural	feminazimizi	feminazilerimizi
2nd plural	feminazinizi	feminazilerinizi
3rd plural	feminazilerini	feminazilerini
dative
	singular	plural
1st singular	feminazime	feminazilerime
2nd singular	feminazine	feminazilerine
3rd singular	feminazisine	feminazilerine
1st plural	feminazimize	feminazilerimize
2nd plural	feminazinize	feminazilerinize
3rd plural	feminazilerine	feminazilerine
locative
	singular	plural
1st singular	feminazimde	feminazilerimde
2nd singular	feminazinde	feminazilerinde
3rd singular	feminazisinde	feminazilerinde
1st plural	feminazimizde	feminazilerimizde
2nd plural	feminazinizde	feminazilerinizde
3rd plural	feminazilerinde	feminazilerinde
ablative
	singular	plural
1st singular	feminazimden	feminazilerimden
2nd singular	feminazinden	feminazilerinden
3rd singular	feminazisinden	feminazilerinden
1st plural	feminazimizden	feminazilerimizden
2nd plural	feminazinizden	feminazilerinizden
3rd plural	feminazilerinden	feminazilerinden
genitive
	singular	plural
1st singular	feminazimin	feminazilerimin
2nd singular	feminazinin	feminazilerinin
3rd singular	feminazisinin	feminazilerinin
1st plural	feminazimizin	feminazilerimizin
2nd plural	feminazinizin	feminazilerinizin
3rd plural	feminazilerinin	feminazilerinin

Predicative forms
	singular	plural
1st singular	feminaziyim	feminazilerim
2nd singular	feminazisin	feminazilersin
3rd singular	feminazi feminazidir	feminaziler feminazilerdir
1st plural	feminaziyiz	feminazileriz
2nd plural	feminazisiniz	feminazilersiniz
3rd plural	feminaziler	feminazilerdir

[Reason-1] Hazlett, Thomas Winslow (1 December 1987) “H.L. Mencken: The Soul Behind the Sass”, in Reason, →OL: “We could really use him now, what with Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, Tip O'Neill and Jerry Falwell, Gary Hart and Donna Rice, the Moonies, the feminazis, the Naderite crusaders, and the television evangelists.”

[tomhazlett-2] Rush H. Limbaugh, III (1992) The Way Things Ought to Be, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 193: “Tom Hazlett, a good friend who is an esteemed and highly regarded professor of economics at the University of California at Davis, coined the term to describe any female who is intolerant of any point of view that challenges militant feminism.”

[limbaughlexicon-3] Rush H. Limbaugh, III (1992) “The Limbaugh Lexicon”, in The Way Things Ought to Be, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 296: “Feminazi: Widely misunderstood by most to simply mean “feminist.” Not so, boobala. A Feminazi is a feminist to whom the most important thing in life is ensuring that as many abortions as possible occur. There are fewer than twenty-five known Feminazis in the United States.”

[4] Britt Gillette (2005) The Dittohead's Guide to Adult Beverages, Regnery Publishing, page xii

[5] Wilson, John K. (1 March 2011) “Bitches, Butt Boys, and Feminazis: Limbaugh’s Sexism and Homophobia”, in The Most Dangerous Man in America: Rush Limbaugh’s Assault on Reason, Macmillan, →ISBN, →OL, page 56:
When asked in 1995 about the term “feminazi,” he declared: “It’s the way I look at the feminist movement.” Limbaugh referred to the National Center for Women and Policing and the Feminist Majority Foundation as “feminazis.” So it’s not just twenty-five individuals, but every single feminist organization, its leaders, and millions upon millions of Americans with the same views whom Limbaugh compares to Nazis.

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