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feminist

[fem-uh-nist] / ˈfɛm ə nɪst /
NOUN
women's rights advocate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
women's liberationist women's rights activist women's rights advocate
STRONG
WEAK
women's libber


ADJECTIVE
advocating women's rights
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Did you ever use the word feminist to describe yourself?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Suk’s scholarship focuses on the processes of constitutional amendment and reform and the feminist constitutional movements.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Peck & Peck” has little in common with that feminist anthem, but both share a classic underdog story of battling a culture that favors money, status and squeaky wheels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Wives” shares some of the same impulses of Caryl Churchill’s brilliant, time-hopping feminist comedy “Top Girls,” but the comparison isn’t really a fair one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

It’s dark but not late, and Abby and Nick want to take me to this feminist bookstore that evidently has a lot of gay stuff.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

For decades now, American feminists have asked our government to do more to support families and children.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

Ms. also took flak from some of Steinem’s sister feminists, who contended that it cast women as victims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

At the time, the union drew gasps of surprise and even disappointment from some feminists, who had spent years following Steinem's heated debates surrounding marriage laws.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

During Reconstruction, first-wave feminists agitated for the 14th Amendment to not just remedy the stain of slavery, but to eliminate inequality in all its forms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

I was either hard-driving and angry or, with my garden and messages about healthy eating, I was a disappointment to feminists, lacking a certain stridency.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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