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| feminity
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feminism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun feminism has 2 senses
- feminism(n = noun.cognition) Array - a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women; Array is a kind of doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought
- feminism(n = noun.act) feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement - the movement aimed at equal rights for women; Array is a kind of campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement
Derived form noun feminist1
Derived form noun feminist1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
feminism, n.
1 the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.
2 Med. the development of female characteristics in a male person.
1 the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.
2 Med. the development of female characteristics in a male person.
Derivative
feminist n. (in sense 1).
Etymology
L femina woman (in sense 1 after F f{eacute}minisme)
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