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FEMINISM

Pronunciation (US):

• FEMINISM (noun)
The noun FEMINISM has 2 senses:

1. a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women
2. the movement aimed at equal rights for women

Familiarity information: FEMINISM used as a noun is rare.

• FEMINISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A doctrine that advocates equal rights for women

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("feminism" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The movement aimed at equal rights for women

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

feminist movement; women's lib; women's liberation movement; feminism

Hypernyms ("feminism" is a kind of...):

campaign; cause; crusade; drive; effort; movement (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end)

Meronyms (members of "feminism"):

feminist; libber; women's liberationist; women's rightist (a supporter of feminism)

"Too many chiefs and not enough indians."
(English proverb)
"Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand."
(Native American proverb, Lakota)
"If there's no choice but advice, ask for the decisiveness of an advisor or the advice of a decisive person."
(Arabic proverb)
"Without suffering, there is no learning."
(Croatian proverb)

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