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 Definitions of feminism  [ˈfɛm əˌnɪz əm]  

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Definition of 'feminism' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) feminism
a doctrine advocating social, political, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.

2.  feminism
a movement for the attainment of such rights.

3.  feminism
feminine character.

Etymology:  (1890–95; < F féminisme)

Definition of 'feminism' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) feminism
a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women

2. (noun) feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib
the movement aimed at equal rights for women


Definition of 'feminism' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) feminism
the belief that women should have equal rights to men
She is a strong leader and feminist.; feminist ideas


Definition of 'feminism' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  feminism
The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes and organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests. (Webster New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981)


Translation of 'feminism' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the thought and actions of people who want to make women's (legal, political, social etc) rights equal to those of men.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: feminisme Arabic flag Arabic: مَبْدأ المُساواه بين الرّ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: феминизъм
Brazilian flag Brazilian: feminismo Czech flag Czech: feminismus German flag German: der Feminismus
Danish flag Danish: feminisme Greek flag Greek: φεμινισμός Spanish flag Spanish: feminismo
Estonian flag Estonian: feminism Farsi flag Farsi: جنبش برابری زن و مرد Finnish flag Finnish: feminismi
French flag French: féminisme Hebrew flag Hebrew: פֶמִינִיזם Hindi flag Hindi: नारीवाद
Croatian flag Croatian: feminizam Hungarian flag Hungarian: feminizmus Indonesian flag Indonesian: feminisme
Icelandic flag Icelandic: femínismi; kvenfrelsisste Italian flag Italian: femminismo Japanese flag Japanese: 男女同権主義
Korean flag Korean: 여권 신장 운동 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: feminizmas Latvian flag Latvian: feminisms
Malay flag Malay: gerakan kewanitaan Dutch flag Dutch: feminisme Norwegian flag Norwegian: kvinne(saks)bevegelse, fe
Polish flag Polish: feminizm Persian flag Persian: جنبش برابری زن و مرد Pashto flag Pashto: د ښځو او نارینو د مساوی ح
Portuguese flag Portuguese: feminismo Romanian flag Romanian: feminism Russian flag Russian: феминизм
Slovak flag Slovak: feminizmus Slovenian flag Slovenian: feminizem Serbian flag Serbian: feminizam
Swedish flag Swedish: feminism Thai flag Thai: ความคิดและการกระทำของผู้ค Turkish flag Turkish: feminizm, kadın hakları s
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 男女平等主義 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: фемінізм Urdu flag Urdu: مرد عورت کی برابری کی بنی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuyết nam nữ bình quyền Chinese flag Chinese: 女权主义(男女平等主义)

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