feminism
noun
fem·i·nism
ˈfe-mə-ˌni-zəm 
: belief in and advocacy of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes expressed especially through organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests
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Others were happy to see the women on the show leaning into everyday discourse and embracing topics like feminism.
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David Oliver, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
Efforts made on the company’s behalf to curb any talk of feminism, politics, or any of the other off-limits topics, however, is having the opposite effect.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
Wagstaff describes a neo-romantic fashion ideal materializing in the influencer sphere of trad-wives and white women who signal feminism’s obsolescence.
—Essence, 17 Aug. 2024
The Reaganite values that most endure are the reactionary ones: his hostility toward civil rights, feminism, and the welfare state.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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David Oliver, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
Efforts made on the company’s behalf to curb any talk of feminism, politics, or any of the other off-limits topics, however, is having the opposite effect.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
Wagstaff describes a neo-romantic fashion ideal materializing in the influencer sphere of trad-wives and white women who signal feminism’s obsolescence.
—Essence, 17 Aug. 2024
The Reaganite values that most endure are the reactionary ones: his hostility toward civil rights, feminism, and the welfare state.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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feminism
noun
fem·i·nism
ˈfem-ə-ˌniz-əm
1
: the theory supporting the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes
2
: organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests
Medical Definition
feminism
noun
fem·i·nism
ˈfem-ə-ˌniz-əm
: the presence of female characteristics in males
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