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antigenderism

antigenderism noun: opposition to "gender ideology" or "genderism" (a variously-defined catch-all for things like transgender rights, same-sex marriage, and feminism).

Noun

antigenderism (uncountable)

  1. Opposition to "gender ideology" or "genderism" (a variously-defined catch-all for things like transgender rights, same-sex marriage, and feminism).
    • For this reason, there is also a mounting trend towards talk of 'antigenderism' (On the current shift from antifeminism to 'antigenderism', […])2016, Brigitte Liebig, Karin Gottschall, Birgit Sauer, Gender Equality in Context: Policies and Practices in Switzerland, Barbara Budrich, →ISBN, page 250
    • Historically, the current antigenderism is the latest sociohistorical expression of several waves of antifeminism since the nineteenth century, […]2020, Heidemarie Winkel, Angelika Poferl, Multiple Gender Cultures, Sociology, and Plural Modernities: Re-reading Social Constructions of Gender across the Globe in a Decolonial Perspective...

Questions about antigenderism

What does antigenderism mean?
Antigenderism means opposition to "gender ideology" or "genderism" (a variously-defined catch-all for things like transgender rights, same-sex marriage, and feminism).
What part of speech is antigenderism?
Antigenderism is a noun.

Words near antigenderism in the dictionary

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  4. antigenaemic
  5. antigender
  6. antigenderism
  7. antigenderist
  8. antigenderists
  9. antigene
  10. antigenemia
  11. antigenemias

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