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Etymology
From F. féminisme, ultimately from L. femininus|féminīnus, from femina|fémina (woman). (See feminine). Feminism first recorded in English 1851, but meant at first "state of being feminine." Sense of "advocacy of women's rights" is from 1895.
Noun
feminism
- A social theory or political movement supporting the equality of both genders in all aspects of public and private life; specifically, a theory or movement that argues that legal and social restrictions on females must be removed in order to bring about such equality.
Translations
trans-top|the social theory or political movement
Chinese:
Croatian: t-|hr|feminizam|m
Danish: feminisme
Dutch: t-|nl|feminism|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|feminismo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|feminismi
French: t+|fr|féminisme|m
German: t+|de|Feminismus|m
Greek: �εμινι�μ�� (pheminismós)
Icelandic: t-|is|feminismi|m
Italian: t+|it|femminismo|m
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Japanese: t-|ja|ã��ã�§ã��ã��ã�ºã� |trfeminizumu|scJpan
Korean: �미�� (peminijeum)
Latin: feminismus m
Polish: t+|pl|feminizm|m
Russian:
Scottish Gaelic: boireann-dhligheachas m
Spanish: t-|es|feminismo|m
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Related terms
feminist
feminine
See also
masculism
feminazi
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