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post feminist

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post⋅fem⋅i⋅nist

[pohst-fem-uh-nist]
–adjective
1. pertaining to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
2. resulting from or incorporating the ideology of this movement: a postfeminist household in which both partners share all tasks equally.
3. differing from or reflecting moderation of this ideology: postfeminist thinking about motherhood and careers.
–noun
4. a person who believes in, promotes, or embodies any of various ideologies springing from the feminism of the 1970s.

Origin:
1980–85; post- + feminist


post⋅fem⋅i⋅nism, noun
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