feminist
Syllables: fem·in·ist/ˈfɛmənɪst/
feminist adjective: relating to or in accordance with feminism.
Adjective
feminist (comparative more feminist, superlative most feminist)
- Relating to or in accordance with feminism.
- Feminist struggle takes place anytime anywhere any female or male resists sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.2000 May 1, bell hooks, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center, 2nd edition, page xi
- Whatever else, Irréversible is already a succès de scandale. [Gaspar] Noé's claims that it is a "feminist" movie sound far-fetched, but he certainly offers an extraordinarily pessimistic view of male sexuality.2002 August 2, Geoffrey Macnab, “'The rape had to be disgusting to be useful'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Noun
feminist (plural feminists)
- An advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life.
- A member of a feminist political movement.
feminist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
feminist in Hindi
- relating to or in accordance with feminism
- स्त्रीवादी strīvādī, महिलावादी mahilāvādī, नारीवादी nārīvādī
- advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women
- महिलावादी mahilāvādī, नारीवादी nārīvādī, स्त्रीवादी strīvādī
feminist in Tamil
- பெண்ணியவாதி
feminist in Marathi
- स्त्रीवादी, नारीवादी
feminist in Bengali
- নারীবাদী
More languagesFewer languages
- feminist in Telugu
- స్త్రీవాది
- feminist in Malayalam
- ഫെമിനിസ്റ്റ്
- feminist in Kannada
- ಸ್ತ್ರೀವಾದಿ, ಸ್ತ್ರೀಸಮಾನತಾವಾದಿ
- feminist in Punjabi
- ਨਾਰੀਵਾਦੀ, ਔਰਤਵਾਦੀ
- feminist in Gujarati
- નારીવાદી, સ્ત્રીવાદી
- feminist in Odia
- ନାରୀବାଦୀ, ନାରୀବିଦ୍
- feminist in Nepali
- नारीवादी
- feminist in Arabic
- نسوي nasawiyy, نسوية nasawiyya
- feminist in Malay
- feminis
- feminist in Indonesian
- feminis
- feminist in Persian
- فمینیست feminist
Examples of feminist in a sentence
- Someone might be feministic without “officially” being a feminist.
- Some feminists have sought to depatriarchalize the Bible.
- Suffragettes were feminists avant la lettre.
Forms of feminist
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more feminist |
| superlative | most feminist |
| Noun | |
| plural | feminists |
Origin of feminist
First attested in 1852. Ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). See also feminine, feminism.
Words formed from feminist
- Afrofeminist
- anarcha-feminist
- anarchist feminist
- anarcho-feminist
- antifeminist
- counterfeminist
- cyberfeminist
- ecofeminist
- effeminist
- extrafeminist
- fauxminist
- fembitch
- femcunt
- femicommie
- femifascism
- femifascist
- feminar
- feminasty
- feminazi
- feminerd
- feminist dance therapy
- feministic
- feministly
- feminist studies
- feministy
- feminoid
- feminut
- femmie
- femmunist
- femonationalist
- femsplain
- femtard
- gender-critical feminist
- hyperfeminist
- meninist
- neofeminist
- neurofeminist
- nonfeminist
- postfeminist
- prefeminist
- profeminist
- protofeminist
- pseudofeminist
- radical feminist
- semifeminist
- STEMinist
- third wave feminist
- third-wave feminist
- transfeminist
- unfeminist
Questions about feminist
- What does feminist mean?
- Feminist means relating to or in accordance with feminism.
- What is feminist in Hindi?
- Feminist in Hindi is स्त्रीवादी (strīvādī), महिलावादी (mahilāvādī), नारीवादी (nārīvādī). See Feminist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is feminist?
- Feminist can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce feminist?
- Feminist is pronounced /ˈfɛmənɪst/.
Words near feminist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: feminist (page history and authors); feminist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); feminist (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feminist (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feminist (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feminist (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feminist (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feminist (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feminist (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feminist (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feminist (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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