English Explanatory Dictionary

womanism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An extension to feminism that incorporates respect for women of all races and classes.

Word forms

womanism womanisms

Etymology

From woman + -ism. Coined by Alice Walker in 1983.

Related words

womanist womanistic

Derived words

ecowomanism
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