feminist

First recorded in English 1852. Ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). See also feminine, feminism.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛmənɪst/

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• Hyphenation: fem‧in‧ist

feminist (comparative more feminist, superlative most feminist)

1. Relating to or in accordance with feminism.

   Hypernym: egalitarian

   • 2000 May 1, bell hooks, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center, 2nd edition, page xi:

     Feminist struggle takes place anytime anywhere any female or male resists sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.

   • 2002 August 2, Geoffrey Macnab, “'The rape had to be disgusting to be useful'”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Whatever else, Irréversible is already a succès de scandale. [Gaspar] Noé's claims that it is a "feminist" movie sound far-fetched, but he certainly offers an extraordinarily pessimistic view of male sexuality.

feminist (plural feminists)

1. An advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life.

   Hypernym: egalitarian

2. A member of a feminist political movement.

• “feminist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• feminist in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “feminist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

From French féministe.

feminist c (singular definite feministen, plural indefinite feminister)

1. feminist

   Synonyms: kvindeforkæmper, kvindesagsforkæmper

• feministisk

• “feminist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Internationalism, probably borrowed from French or English.

• IPA^(key): /ˌfeː.miˈnɪst/

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• Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧nist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

feminist m (plural feministen, diminutive feministje n, feminine feministe)

1. feminist

• feministisch

• feminisme

feminist m (definite singular feministen, indefinite plural feminister, definite plural feministene)

1. a feminist

feminist m (definite singular feministen, indefinite plural feministar, definite plural feministane)

1. a feminist

• feministisk

• feminisme

Borrowed from French féministe.

feminist m (plural feminiști)

1. feminist

feminist m anim (Cyrillic spelling феминист)

1. feminist

feminist c

1. feminist

• feminism
• feministisk

• feminist in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Borrowed from French féministe.

• IPA^(key): /femiˈnist/, [fe̞.miˈn̪is̪t̪]
• Rhymes: -ist
• Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧nist

feminist

1. feminist

feminist (definite accusative feministi, plural feministler)

1. a feminist

• feminizm

• “feminist”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “feminist”, in Nişanyan Sözlük