Feminism Definition

fĕmə-nĭzəm
noun
Feminine qualities.
Webster's New World
The principle that women should have political, economic, and social rights equal to those of men.
Webster's New World
The movement to win such rights for women.
Webster's New World
(dated) The state of being feminine. [from 1851; less common after 1895]
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feminism
Plural:
feminisms

Origin of Feminism

  • From French féminisme circa 1837, ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). First recorded in English in 1851, originally meaning "the state of being feminine." Sense of "advocacy of women's rights" is from 1895.

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