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wifism

wifism is the alternative form of wifeism.

Meaning of wifeism

Noun

wifeism (uncountable)

  1. (Nigeria) A patriarchal societal tendency whereby women can only achieve things as the wives of men of rank.
    • In this chapter I examine the emergence of wifeism and the bureaucratization of women's concerns in Nigeria through state involvement, especially since the early 1980s.1999, Amrita Basu, C. Elizabeth McGrory, Women's Movements in Global Perspective, page 213

Questions about wifism

What is wifism the alternative form of?
Wifism is the alternative form of wifeism.

Words near wifism in the dictionary

  1. WiFilike
  2. wifing
  3. wifing up
  4. wifis
  5. wifish
  6. wifism
  7. wifout
  8. wiftier
  9. wiftiest
  10. wifty
  11. wifty-wafty

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