pro-woman
pro-woman adjective: in favor of or supporting women.
Adjective
pro-woman (comparative more pro-woman, superlative most pro-woman)
- In favor of or supporting women.
- Overtly pro-woman works such as Moderata Fonte's Il merito delle donne (The Worth of Women, 1600), explicitly integrated women's knowledge of medicine and natural philosophy into an overt and wideranging defense of women.2015, Meredith K. Ray, Daughters of Alchemy: Women and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy, →ISBN
Forms of pro-woman
| comparative | more pro-woman |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pro-woman |
| alternative form | prowoman |
Origin of pro-woman
From pro- + woman.
Questions about pro-woman
- What does pro-woman mean?
- Pro-woman means in favor of or supporting women.
- What part of speech is pro-woman?
- Pro-woman is an adjective.
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