feminism
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feminism
- /ˈfɛmɪnɪz(ə)m/ UK
Where it comes from
From French féminisme circa 1837, ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). In the original sense of “women's movement or advocacy”, the French word was probably directly derived from fēmina, as if from Neo-Latin feminismus. By surface analysis, feminine + -ism.
First recorded in English in 1851, originally meaning “the state of being feminine”. Sense of “advocacy of women's rights” is from 1895.
noun feminisms
- A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life. Women are still forbidden to smoke there... Ardent though we are in feminism, we applaud this stand...
- The state of being feminine; femininity. His hair is delicate and silky, and of a light chesnut[sic]—one of M. Lorrain's signs of feminism.
Opposite: antifeminism
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: feminist movement, womanism, gender equality, womanpower, femineity, feminineness, womanliness, feminility, feminality, femmeness, unfemininity, feminicity, femaleness, femalehood, girlness, hyperfemininity
noun
Opposite: antifeminism
Translations
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noun the social theory or political movement
| Español | feminismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 페미니즘 peminijeum, 여성주의 yeoseongjuui |
| 日本語 | フェミニズム feminizumu, 女権拡張論 joken kakuchōron |
| 中文 | 女權主義 /女权主义 nǚquánzhǔyì, 女性主義 /女性主义 nǚxìngzhǔyì, 女權擴張論 /女权扩张论 nǚquán kuòzhānglùn |
| हिन्दी | नारीवाद nārīvād, स्त्रीवाद strīvād, महिलावाद mahilāvād |
| Kiswahili | ufeministi |
| Português | feminismo |
| Français | féminisme |
| Deutsch | Feminismus |
| Italiano | femminismo |
| Ελληνικά | φεμινισμός feminismós |
| Română | feminism |
| Русский | фемини́зм feminízm |
| Tiếng Việt | chủ nghĩa nữ quyền |
| العربية | حَرَكَة حُقُوق الْمَرْأَة ḥarakat ḥuqūq al-marʔa, أُنْثَوِيَّة ʔunṯawiyya, نِسْوِيَّة niswiyya, فِيمِينِيزْم fiminizm |
| עברית | פמיניזם \ פֶמִינִיזְם feminízm |
Talk about this word "feminism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/feminism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. feminism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/feminism "feminism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/feminism.Cite this
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title = {feminism},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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