English Explanatory Dictionary

feminist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to or in accordance with feminism.
noun
  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.
  2. A member of a feminist political movement.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɛmənɪst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-feminist.wav

Word forms

feminist more feminist most feminist feminists

Etymology

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

Related words

femicentric femi-centric feminacentric feminine feminism feminocentric feminocentrism

Derived words

Afrofeminist anarcha-feminist anarchist feminist anarcho-feminist antifeminist counterfeminist cyberfeminist ecofeminist effeminist extrafeminist fauxminist fembitch femcunt femicommie femifascism femifascist feminar feminasty feminazi feminerd feminist dance therapy feministic feministly feminist studies feministy feminoid feminut femmie femmunist femonationalist femsplain femtard gender-critical feminist hyperfeminist meninist neofeminist neurofeminist nonfeminist postfeminist prefeminist profeminist protofeminist pseudofeminist radical feminist semifeminist STEMinist third wave feminist third-wave feminist transfeminist unfeminist
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on F Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary