feminism

Feminism is defined as a movement for equal rights for women.

(noun)

The women who fought to have the right to vote, called Suffragettes, are an early example of feminism.

See feminism in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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Rare feminine qualities
1. the principle that women should have political, economic, and social rights equal to those of men
2. the movement to win such rights for women

Origin: < L femina, woman + -ism

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