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单词 feminist
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Definition of feminist in English:

feminist

noun ˈfɛmənɪstˈfɛmənəst
  • A person who supports feminism.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • What are we as British feminists doing to support the right of all women to freedom from violence?
    • If it is the latter, the French feminists who support the ban have a point.
    • She makes the personal into art long before feminists came to call it political.
    • The first protests by feminists were against how the nationalists defined the role of women.
    • The reaction to that on the part of male and female feminists is to stop thinking.
    • The comments drew a mixed reaction from feminists and women writers.
    • For most feminists, and for the public, feminism had come to mean the vote for women and little more.
    • Equality feminists minimize the political significance of the biological attributes of women.
    • The other aspect to note is that it appears the goals of feminists on both sides of the globe are the same.
    • In more recent years, there has been a softening of the attitudes of feminists towards quantitative research.
    • It is a festival that feminists would love to strike out completely from the history of a nation.
    • Melanie points out that today's feminists are still grappling with the questions of the nineteenth century.
    • Modern feminists don't want to trade in their femininity for drab power suits and a brief case.
    • Of course, feminism and feminists have changed with the times, but the image is still of the seventies.
    • Mainstream media play a dominant role in the negative portrayal of feminists.
    • The personal is political all right - but not quite in the way feminists once thought.
    • A feminist is simply someone that supports true equality, and many men are feminists.
    • It is also assumed that the only possible reaction feminists can have to nationalism is rejection.
    • There's a bit of a debate going on in feminist blogging circles about feminists, women and the left.
    • The second part of that equation seems to have been abandoned by feminists early on.
adjective ˈfɛmənɪstˈfɛmənəst
  • Relating to or supporting feminism.

    feminist literature
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Something else is going on, as a number of feminist scholars have indicated.
    • Her women are not feminist case studies but microcosms of the complex rules and regulations that govern such states.
    • Already, feminist art history has moved on, sceptical of the way that artistic fame depends on biography.
    • Wilkinson does not argue that focus groups or indeed any method can be described as inherently feminist.
    • Where can feminist activism lead us to in our quest for a more gender-democratic society?
    • Many women today, we are assured by feminist commentators, are choosing not to get married.
    • She was in a car with a male friend and his new girlfriend, a moderately well-known feminist theorist.
    • This collection of essays brings together a number of major feminist critics of early modern literature.
    • A few women gave explicitly feminist reasons for going to university.
    • The process was given a moral purpose by the language of the feminist movement.
    • She was part of the early feminist movement and I had no idea what feminism was.
    • Like many contemporary feminist thinkers, Winterson is alive to the power of fairy tales.
    • Some write feminist theology, take a stand and publicly speak out, not mincing words.
    • Feminist scholars have pointed out how many women in scripture go without names.
    • In it, she examined the kinds of arguments heard to support and attack feminist positions.
    • She introduced me to a lot of feminist theory that I never really thought about until then.
    • Jones says he was a bit puzzled by feminist critics who took the film to task for being misogynist.
    • I am still learning about this, so I am not an authority on feminist intellectualism.
    • She is currently completing a book chapter on feminist theory and cyberculture.
    • His greatest affair was with the mathematician and pioneering feminist Emilie du Chatelet.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French féministe, from Latin femina 'woman'.

 
 

Definition of feminist in US English:

feminist

nounˈfɛmənəstˈfemənəst
  • A person who supports feminism.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For most feminists, and for the public, feminism had come to mean the vote for women and little more.
    • The reaction to that on the part of male and female feminists is to stop thinking.
    • A feminist is simply someone that supports true equality, and many men are feminists.
    • It is also assumed that the only possible reaction feminists can have to nationalism is rejection.
    • Modern feminists don't want to trade in their femininity for drab power suits and a brief case.
    • Of course, feminism and feminists have changed with the times, but the image is still of the seventies.
    • If it is the latter, the French feminists who support the ban have a point.
    • Melanie points out that today's feminists are still grappling with the questions of the nineteenth century.
    • She makes the personal into art long before feminists came to call it political.
    • There's a bit of a debate going on in feminist blogging circles about feminists, women and the left.
    • The second part of that equation seems to have been abandoned by feminists early on.
    • Equality feminists minimize the political significance of the biological attributes of women.
    • The personal is political all right - but not quite in the way feminists once thought.
    • Mainstream media play a dominant role in the negative portrayal of feminists.
    • The first protests by feminists were against how the nationalists defined the role of women.
    • The comments drew a mixed reaction from feminists and women writers.
    • What are we as British feminists doing to support the right of all women to freedom from violence?
    • In more recent years, there has been a softening of the attitudes of feminists towards quantitative research.
    • It is a festival that feminists would love to strike out completely from the history of a nation.
    • The other aspect to note is that it appears the goals of feminists on both sides of the globe are the same.
adjectiveˈfɛmənəstˈfemənəst
  • Relating to or supporting feminism.

    feminist literature
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wilkinson does not argue that focus groups or indeed any method can be described as inherently feminist.
    • The process was given a moral purpose by the language of the feminist movement.
    • Many women today, we are assured by feminist commentators, are choosing not to get married.
    • Jones says he was a bit puzzled by feminist critics who took the film to task for being misogynist.
    • Her women are not feminist case studies but microcosms of the complex rules and regulations that govern such states.
    • In it, she examined the kinds of arguments heard to support and attack feminist positions.
    • This collection of essays brings together a number of major feminist critics of early modern literature.
    • Some write feminist theology, take a stand and publicly speak out, not mincing words.
    • Already, feminist art history has moved on, sceptical of the way that artistic fame depends on biography.
    • She was in a car with a male friend and his new girlfriend, a moderately well-known feminist theorist.
    • Where can feminist activism lead us to in our quest for a more gender-democratic society?
    • Something else is going on, as a number of feminist scholars have indicated.
    • She is currently completing a book chapter on feminist theory and cyberculture.
    • Like many contemporary feminist thinkers, Winterson is alive to the power of fairy tales.
    • His greatest affair was with the mathematician and pioneering feminist Emilie du Chatelet.
    • A few women gave explicitly feminist reasons for going to university.
    • She introduced me to a lot of feminist theory that I never really thought about until then.
    • Feminist scholars have pointed out how many women in scripture go without names.
    • She was part of the early feminist movement and I had no idea what feminism was.
    • I am still learning about this, so I am not an authority on feminist intellectualism.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French féministe, from Latin femina ‘woman’.

 
 
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