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noun
- 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: - Dutch: feminism(nl)m
- French: féminisme(fr)m
- German: Feminismus(de)m
- Italian: femminismo(it)m
- Spanish: feminismo(es)m
Etymology: - From féminisme, ultimately from femininus, féminÄnus, 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.
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