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.

   Hypernym: egalitarian

   • 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.

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
• feministic
• feminist studies
• feminut (blend)
• gender-critical feminist
• 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 (ja) (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”, in 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, →OCLC.

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. a feminist

Related terms

• feminisme
• feministisk

 

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. a feminist

Derived terms

• feministisk

Related terms

• feminisme

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

feminist m (Cyrillic spelling феминист)

1. feminist

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