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单词 second-wave
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second-waveadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛk(ə)ndˈweɪv/, U.S. /ˌsɛkəndˈweɪv/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: second adj., wave n.
Etymology: < second adj. + wave n. Compare first-wave adj., and later third wave adj.
Designating the second in a succession of related events, phases, movements, or groups of people; of or relating to such a phase, event, etc.
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1930 Sci. Monthly Apr. 354/1 A first-wave specific attack, followed by a second-wave non-specific ‘mop-up’.
1972 H. B. Chamberlain in R. A. Scalapino Elites in People's Republic China iii. 274 The typical second wave member was somewhat younger than his first wave counterpart.
2006 New Yorker 13 Mar. 15/1 They were inspired by second-wave ska bands like the Specials and Madness.

Compounds

second-wave feminism n. (within the women's liberation or feminist movement) a period of activity during the 1960s–80s characterized by an emphasis on unity and solidarity among women, by advocacy of social and economic equality (esp. equal pay) between the sexes, and by campaigns for wider access to birth control and abortion and for increased recognition and prosecution of sexual and domestic violence; the movement associated with this period of activity.
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1974 Austral. Q. Mar. 17 Betty Friedan..mothered second wave feminism with The Feminine Mystique.
1995 L. Vogel Woman Questions Introd. 14 Like many women who were involved in second-wave feminism during its early years, I felt in myself a steadiness and self-confidence that I cannot imagine having attained without it.
2008 Jrnl. Hist. Sexuality 17 283 Carrying the banner of second-wave feminism, [Germaine] Greer pointed out that sex was political and public.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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