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feminisms

feminisms is the plural of feminism.

Meaning of feminism

Noun

feminism (countable and uncountable, plural feminisms)

  1. A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life.
    • Women are still forbidden to smoke there... Ardent though we are in feminism, we applaud this stand...1926 November 27, “The Talk of the Town”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, page 17
  2. (obsolete) The state of being feminine; femininity.
    • His hair is delicate and silky, and of a light chesnut[sic]—one of M. Lorrain's signs of feminism.1875 July 24, The Medical Times and Gazette, volume II, page 105

Phrases with feminisms

Questions about feminisms

What is feminisms the plural of?
Feminisms is the plural of feminism.

Words near feminisms in the dictionary

  1. feminiser
  2. feminisers
  3. feminises
  4. feminising
  5. feminism
  6. feminisms
  7. feminist
  8. feminist dance therapy
  9. feminist studies
  10. feminista
  11. feministas

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