Synonyms for feminism


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fem-uh-niz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛm əˌnɪz əm


Définition of feminism

Origin :
  • 1851, "state of being feminine;" sense of "advocacy of women's rights" is 1895, from French féminisme (1837); see feminine + -ism.
  • noun women's rights
Example sentences :
  • Observe that I say ‘femininity,’ a privilege—not ‘feminism,’ an attitude.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • They are the real interests of feminism because they have produced it.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
  • It will be seen from this how little he is involved by feminism.
  • Extract from : « Browning's Heroines » by Ethel Colburn Mayne
  • With flies, feminism is brought frankly into the love mechanism.
  • Extract from : « The Natural Philosophy of Love » by Remy de Gourmont
  • The aims of Feminism are being realised in unforeseen developments.
  • Extract from : « Feminism and Sex-Extinction » by Arabella Kenealy
  • Of what order is this Woman-half of Mind which Feminism seeks to extinguish?
  • Extract from : « Feminism and Sex-Extinction » by Arabella Kenealy
  • Feminism is woman's great protest against the drudgery of pleasure.
  • Extract from : « The Book of This and That » by Robert Lynd
  • But first the explanation of why I, a man, write these articles on feminism.
  • Extract from : « Women as World Builders » by Floyd Dell
  • In any case, it is to the body that one looks for the Magna Charta of feminism.
  • Extract from : « Women as World Builders » by Floyd Dell
  • The feminism of Margaret Fuller is passionate and far reaching.
  • Extract from : « Seeing Things at Night » by Heywood Broun

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