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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Self-sufficiency was a point of personal pride, a professional achievement, a badge of feminism, even part of the brand.
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Dessa Dessa Tanya Pérez Alec K. Redfearn, New York Times, 12 June 2024
Perhaps the collective hive mind had just decided the time had come for feminism to trend upward.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 3 June 2024
Season-three, part-one ranking: No. 8 Eloise is on her own feminism journey.
—Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 16 May 2024
In the spring of 1794, leading the Jacobin revolution required Robespierre to be for the rule of law and for its suspension, to defend and attack private property, to support and reject nationalism, to embrace feminism and antifeminism, and to promote religion and irreligion.
—Patrice Higonnet, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2012
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Dessa Dessa Tanya Pérez Alec K. Redfearn, New York Times, 12 June 2024
Perhaps the collective hive mind had just decided the time had come for feminism to trend upward.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 3 June 2024
Season-three, part-one ranking: No. 8 Eloise is on her own feminism journey.
—Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 16 May 2024
In the spring of 1794, leading the Jacobin revolution required Robespierre to be for the rule of law and for its suspension, to defend and attack private property, to support and reject nationalism, to embrace feminism and antifeminism, and to promote religion and irreligion.
—Patrice Higonnet, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2012
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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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