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radfem

radfem noun: a radical feminist.

Noun

radfem (plural radfems)

  1. (derogatory, slang, sometimes) A radical feminist.
    • "How come a radfem like you didn't keep your last name after you got married?" Mosko asked.1999, Michael Jahn, Dorian Yeager, & Barbara Paul, A New York State of Crime, Worldwide, →ISBN, page 39
    • In their philosophical pursuit of answers to ultimate questions, the radfems get mired in the multi-syllabic muck of over-intellectualization, lacing their ideas with obscure cross-references and mind-numbing bombast […]2003, Kenneth Lasson, Trembling in the Ivory Tower: Excesses in the Pursuit of Truth and Tenure, Bancroft Press, →ISBN, page 103

Forms of radfem

pluralradfems

Origin of radfem

Clipping of radical feminist, treated as a compound.

Words formed from radfem

Questions about radfem

What does radfem mean?
Radfem means a radical feminist.
What part of speech is radfem?
Radfem is a noun.
What is the plural of radfem?
The plural of radfem is radfems.

Words near radfem in the dictionary

  1. Radermacher
  2. Radermachers
  3. Raders
  4. rades
  5. Radev
  6. radfem
  7. radfems
  8. Radford
  9. Radfords
  10. radge
  11. radged

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