radical feminism

English

Noun

radical feminism (countable and uncountable, plural radical feminisms)

1. (politics, feminism) A type of feminism which calls for a radical reordering of society to eliminate male supremacy in all social and economic contexts.

   Hypernym: feminism

   Hyponyms: gender-critical feminism, TERFism

   • 2014 August 4, Michelle Goldberg, “What Is A Woman? The Dispute between Radical Feminism and Transgenderism”, in The New Yorker‎^[1]:

     The conference had been convened by a group that wanted to defend two positions that have made radical feminism anathema to much of the left. First, the organizers hoped to refute charges that the desire to ban prostitution implies hostility toward prostitutes.

Related terms

• radfem
• radical feminist

 

Translations

Translations

• French: féminisme radical m
• Hungarian: radikális feminizmus
• Korean: 급진적 여성주의 (geupjinjeok yeoseongjuui)
• Portuguese: feminismo radical m
• Spanish: feminismo radical (es) m
• Swedish: radikalfeminism c
• Turkish: radikal feminizm