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feminist

  • /ˈfɛmənɪst/

Where it comes from

First attested in 1852. Ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). By surface analysis, feminine + -ist. See also feminine, feminism.

adjective more feminist · most feminist

  1. Relating to or in accordance with feminism. Feminist struggle takes place anytime anywhere any female or male resists sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.

noun 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. Here’s my own beef. Liberal feminists, young and old, need to question the role they played in Hillary’s demise.
  2. A member of a feminist political movement.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: libber, feminista, women, feminine, female, females, suffragist, women's liberationist, egalitarian, equalist, women's libber, antifeminist, profeminist, masculinist, ecofeminist, misogynist

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adj relating to or in accordance with feminism

Españolfeminista
中文女權主義的 /女权主义的 nǚquánzhǔyì de
हिन्दीस्त्रीवादी strīvādī, महिलावादी mahilāvādī, नारीवादी nārīvādī
Portuguêsfeminista
Françaisféministe
Deutschfeministisch
Italianofemminista
Ελληνικάφεμινιστικός feministikós
Русскийфемини́стский feminístskij, феминисти́ческий feministíčeskij

noun advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women

Españolfeminista
한국어여성주의자 yeoseongjuuija, 페미니스트 peminiseuteu
日本語フェミニスト feminisuto, 女権拡張論者 jokenkakuchōronsha
中文女權主義者 /女权主义者 nǚquánzhǔyìzhě, 女權擴張論者 /女权扩张论者 nǚquánkuòzhānglùnzhě
हिन्दीमहिलावादी mahilāvādī, नारीवादी nārīvādī, स्त्रीवादी strīvādī
Kiswahilimfeministi
Portuguêsfeminista
Françaisféministe
DeutschFeminist, Feministin, Feminist:in gender-neutral
Italianofemminista
Ελληνικάφεμινιστής feministís, φεμινίστρια feminístria
Românăfeminist, feministă
Русскийфемини́ст feminíst, фемини́стка feminístka
العربيةنسوي nasawiyy, نسوية nasawiyya
עבריתפֶמִינִיסְט feminíst, פמיניסטית feministít

noun member of a feminist political movement

Españolfeminista
한국어여성운동가 yeoseong'undongga
中文女權主義者 /女权主义者 nǚquánzhǔyìzhě
Portuguêsfeminista
DeutschFeminist, Feministin, Feminist:in gender-neutral

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@misc{feminist_2026,
  title = {feminist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feminist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}