feminist

feminist

See also: Feminist

English

Etymology

First recorded in English 1852. Ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). See also feminine, feminism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛmənɪst/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Hyphenation: fem‧in‧ist

Adjective

feminist (comparative more feminist, superlative most feminist)

1. relating to or in accordance with feminism.
   • 2000 May 1, bell hooks, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center, 2nd edition, page xi:

     Feminist struggle takes place anytime anywhere any female or male resists sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.

   Hypernym: egalitarian

Translations

relating to or in accordance with feminism

Asturian: feminista Belarusian: феміні́сцкі (fjeminíscki), феміністы́чны (fjeministýčny) Catalan: feminista m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 女權主義的／女权主义的 (zh) (nǚquánzhǔyì de) Czech: feministický (cs) Danish: feministisk Dutch: feministisch (nl) Finnish: feministinen (fi) French: féministe (fr) Galician: feminista (gl) m or f German: feministisch (de) Greek: φεμινιστικός (el) (feministikós) Hungarian: feminista (hu) Irish: feimineach Lithuanian: feministinis m, feministinė f, feministiškas m, feministiška f Norwegian: Bokmål: feministisk Nynorsk: feministisk Occitan: feminista Polish: feministyczny (pl) m Portuguese: feminista (pt) m or f Russian: фемини́стский (ru) (feminístskij), феминисти́ческий (ru) (feministíčeskij) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: feminìstičkī (sh) Slovak: feministický Spanish: feminista (es) Swedish: feministisk (sv) Turkish: feminist (tr), hatuncu Ukrainian: феміні́стський (feminístsʹkyj), феміністи́чний (feministýčnyj) Welsh: benywyddol, ffeministaidd Yiddish: פֿעמיניסטיש‎ (feministish)

Noun

feminist (plural feminists)

1. an advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life

   Hypernym: egalitarian

2. a member of a feminist political movement

Derived terms

• anarcha-feminist
• anarchist feminist
• anarcho-feminist
• antifeminist
• cyberfeminist
• femifascism (blend)
• femifascist (blend)
• feminazi (blend)
• feminist dance therapy
• feminist studies
• feminut (blend)
• radical feminist
• third wave feminist
• third-wave feminist

 

Related terms

• femicentric, femi-centric
• feminacentric
• feminine
• feminism
• feminocentric
• feminocentrism

 

Translations

advocate of feminism; person who believes in bringing about the equality of men and women

Albanian: feminist m, feministe f Arabic: نسوي‎ m (nasawiyy), نسوية‎ f (nasawiyya) Armenian: ֆեմինիստ (feminist) Azerbaijani: feminist Belarusian: феміні́ст m (fjeminíst), феміні́стка f (fjeminístka), фэміні́ст m (feminíst), фэміні́стка f (feminístka) Bulgarian: фемини́ст m (feminíst), фемини́стка (bg) f (feminístka) Catalan: feminista m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 女權主義者／女权主义者 (zh) (nǚquánzhǔyìzhě), 女權擴張論者／女权扩张论者 (nǚquánkuòzhānglùnzhě) Czech: feminista (cs) m, feministka (cs) f Danish: feminist c, kvindeforkæmper c, kvindesagsforkæmper c Dutch: feminist (nl) m, feministe (nl) f Esperanto: feministo (eo) (male or female), feministino (female) Estonian: feminist (et) Finnish: feministi (fi) French: féministe (fr) m or f Galician: feminista (gl) m or f Georgian: ფემინისტი (peminisṭi) German: Feminist (de) m, Feministin (de) f Greek: φεμινιστής (el) m (feministís), φεμινίστρια (el) f (feminístria) Hebrew: פֶמִינִיסְט‎ m (feminíst), פמיניסטית‎ f (feministít) Hindi: महिलावादी m (mahilāvādī), नारीवादी m (nārīvādī), स्त्रीवादी m (strīvādī) Hungarian: feminista (hu) Icelandic: femínisti m Ido: feministo (io) Indonesian: feminis Irish: feimineach m, feiminí m Italian: femminista (it) m or f Japanese: フェミニスト (feminisuto), 女権拡張論者 (じょけんかくちょうろんしゃ, jokenkakuchōronsha) Kazakh: феминист (feminist) Korean: 여성주의자(女性主義者) (yeoseongjuuija), 페미니스트 (peminiseuteu) Kyrgyz: феминист (feminist) Latvian: feminists m, feministe f Ligurian: feminìsta m or f Lithuanian: feministas m, feministė f Macedonian: фемини́ст m (feminíst), фемини́стка f (feminístka) Malay: feminis Mongolian: Cyrillic: феминист (feminist) Mongolian: ᠹᠧᠮᠢᠨᠢᠰᠲ᠋ (fēminist) Norwegian: Bokmål: feminist m Nynorsk: feminist m Occitan: feminista m or f Persian: فمینیست‎ (fa) (feminist) Polish: feminista (pl) m, feministka (pl) f Portuguese: feminista (pt) m or f Romanian: feminist (ro) m, feministă (ro) f Russian: фемини́ст (ru) m (feminíst), фемини́стка (ru) f (feminístka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: феминиста m, феминист m, феминѝсткиња f, феминистица f Roman: feminista m, feminist m, feminìstkinja (sh) f, feministica f Slovak: feministka f, feminista m Slovene: feminist m, feministka f Spanish: feminista (es) m or f Swahili: mfeministi Swedish: feminist (sv) c Tajik: феминист (feminist) Turkish: feminist (tr), hatuncu Turkmen: feminist Ukrainian: феміні́ст m (feminíst), феміні́стка f (feminístka) Uzbek: feminist Welsh: benywydd m or f, ffeminydd m, ffeminyddes f Yiddish: פֿעמיניסט‎ m (feminist), פֿעמיניסטין‎ f (feministin) Yoruba: aṣègbèfábo

member of a feminist political movement

Catalan: feminista m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 女權主義者／女权主义者 (zh) (nǚquánzhǔyìzhě) Dutch: feminist (nl) m, feministe (nl) f Esperanto: feministo (eo) (male or female), feministino (female) Finnish: feministi (fi) Galician: feminista (gl) m or f German: Feminist (de) m, Feministin (de) f Ido: feministo (io) Irish: feimineach m, feiminí m Korean: 여성운동가(女性運動家) (yeoseong'undongga) Norwegian: Bokmål: feminist m Nynorsk: feminist m Polish: feminista (pl) m, feministka (pl) f Portuguese: feminista (pt) m or f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: феминиста m, феминист m, феминѝсткиња f, феминистица f Roman: feminista m, feminist m, feminìstkinja (sh) f, feministica f Slovak: feministka f, feminista m Spanish: feminista (es) m or f Swedish: feminist (sv) c Turkish: feminist (tr) Yiddish: פֿעמיניסט‎ m (feminist), פֿעמיניסטין‎ f (feministin)

References

• feminist at OneLook Dictionary Search
• feminist in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• feminist in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

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Danish

Etymology

From French féministe.

Noun

feminist c (singular definite feministen, plural indefinite feminister)

1. feminist

   Synonyms: kvindeforkæmper, kvindesagsforkæmper

Declension

Declension of feminist

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	feminist	feministen	feminister	feministerne
genitive	feminists	feministens	feministers	feministernes

Derived terms

• feministisk

References

• “feminist” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

Internationalism, probably borrowed from French or English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfeː.miˈnɪst/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧nist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

feminist m (plural feministen, diminutive feministje n, feminine feministe)

1. feminist

Derived terms

• feministisch

Related terms

• feminisme

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

feminist m (definite singular feministen, indefinite plural feminister, definite plural feministene)

1. a feminist

Related terms

• feminisme
• feministisk

 

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

feminist m (definite singular feministen, indefinite plural feministar, definite plural feministane)

1. a feminist

Derived terms

• feministisk

Related terms

• feminisme

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Romanian

Etymology

From French féministe.

Noun

feminist m (plural feminiști)

1. feminist

Declension

Declension of feminist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) feminist	feministul	(niște) feminiști	feminiștii
genitive/dative	(unui) feminist	feministului	(unor) feminiști	feminiștilor
vocative	feministule		feminiștilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

feminist m (Cyrillic spelling феминист)

1. feminist

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Swedish

Noun

feminist c

1. feminist

Declension

Declension of feminist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	feminist	feministen	feminister	feministerna
Genitive	feminists	feministens	feministers	feministernas