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feminist

[fem-uh-nist] Origin

fem·i·nist

[fem-uh-nist]
adjective Sometimes, fem·i·nis·tic.
1.
advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
noun
2.
an advocate of such rights.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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an·ti·fem·i·nist, noun, adjective
an·ti·fem·i·nis·tic, adjective
non·fem·i·nist, adjective, noun
pro·fem·i·nist, noun, adjective
un·fem·i·nist, noun
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feminist (ˈfɛmɪnɪst)
 
n
1.  a person who advocates equal rights for women
 
adj
2.  of, relating to, or advocating feminism

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feminist
1894, from Fr. féministe (1872); cf. feminism.
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