| 释义 |
Definition of bra burner in US English: bra burnernoun informal A feminist perceived as militant in the struggle for women's rights. Example sentencesExamples - The Radcliffe Institute's outlook, however, owes more to the bra burners than to the responsible feminists.
- In years gone by it was gays in the military or welfare queens or draft dodgers or bra burners or whatever.
- She is now seen as some sort of left wing bra burner on the right.
- People seem to think that feminism was about suffragettes or bra burners; with the emphasis on the ‘was’.
- Its radicalism and politics of rejection also have clear parallels in other civil rights movements: the Black Panthers, the feminist bra burners, and the century-old debates over whether to seek integration or separation.
Origin From the mid 20th-century urban legend of women of burning bras to symbolize freedom from societal restraints. Definition of bra burner in US English: bra burnernoun informal A feminist perceived as militant in the struggle for women's rights. Example sentencesExamples - Its radicalism and politics of rejection also have clear parallels in other civil rights movements: the Black Panthers, the feminist bra burners, and the century-old debates over whether to seek integration or separation.
- She is now seen as some sort of left wing bra burner on the right.
- In years gone by it was gays in the military or welfare queens or draft dodgers or bra burners or whatever.
- People seem to think that feminism was about suffragettes or bra burners; with the emphasis on the ‘was’.
- The Radcliffe Institute's outlook, however, owes more to the bra burners than to the responsible feminists.
Origin From the mid 20th-century urban legend of women of burning bras to symbolize freedom from societal restraints. |