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girlbossism

girlbossism noun: the beliefs or mindset of a girlboss.

Noun

girlbossism (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The beliefs or mindset of a girlboss.
    • The success of the film, together with the rising tide of grassroots countercultural movements on social media and the occasional and reluctant acknowledgment from the mainstream, signal that a broad awakening to the real limitations of girlbossism is underway.2022 February 22, Helen Roy, “Girlboss, Interrupted”, in The American Mind, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2023
    • This enemy feminism was on the other side of only some aisles from the suffragism of slavers and the proto-girlbossism of slave traders (best embodied by the staunchly feminist first woman senator of the US: white supremacist lynching fanatic Rebecca Latimer Felton).2025, Sophie Lewis, Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation, unnumbered page

Origin of girlbossism

From girlboss + -ism.

Questions about girlbossism

What does girlbossism mean?
Girlbossism means the beliefs or mindset of a girlboss.
What part of speech is girlbossism?
Girlbossism is a noun.

Words near girlbossism in the dictionary

  1. girlbossified
  2. girlbossifies
  3. girlbossify
  4. girlbossifying
  5. girlbossing
  6. girlbossism
  7. girlbossy
  8. girlboy
  9. girlboys
  10. girlbulge
  11. girlbulges

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