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femininism

femininism noun: feminine behaviour.

Noun

femininism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) feminine behaviour
    • How do we deal with sadism and masculinism, masochism and femininism, the strut and the swagger, the cringe and the death wish?1966, Peter H. Odegard, American Government: readings and documents, page 603

Origin of femininism

From feminine + -ism.

Questions about femininism

What does femininism mean?
Femininism means feminine behaviour.
What part of speech is femininism?
Femininism is a noun.

Words near femininism in the dictionary

  1. feminines
  2. femininise
  3. femininised
  4. femininises
  5. femininising
  6. femininism
  7. femininities
  8. femininity
  9. femininization
  10. femininizations
  11. femininize

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