feminist

See also: Feminist

English

Etymology

First attested in 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.

   • 2002 August 2, Geoffrey Macnab, “'The rape had to be disgusting to be useful'”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Whatever else, Irréversible is already a succès de scandale. [Gaspar] Noé's claims that it is a "feminist" movie sound far-fetched, but he certainly offers an extraordinarily pessimistic view of male sexuality.

Translations

relating to or in accordance with feminism

• Afrikaans: feministies
• Asturian: feminista
• Belarusian: феміні́сцкі (fjeminíscki), феміністы́чны (fjeministýčny)
• Bulgarian: фемини́стски (feminístski)
• 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)
• Hindi: स्त्रीवादी m or f (strīvādī), महिलावादी m or f (mahilāvādī), नारीवादी m or f (nārīvādī)
• Hungarian: feminista (hu)
• Irish: feimineach
• Italian: femminista (it)
• 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:

  Latin: 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

• Afrofeminist
• anarcha-feminist
• anarchist feminist
• anarcho-feminist
• antifeminist
• counterfeminist
• cyberfeminist
• ecofeminist
• effeminist
• extrafeminist
• fauxminist
• fembitch
• femcunt
• femicommie
• femifascism (blend)
• femifascist (blend)
• feminar
• feminasty
• feminazi (blend)
• feminerd
• feminist dance therapy
• feministic
• feministly
• feminist studies
• feministy
• feminoid
• feminut (blend)
• femmie
• femmunist
• femonationalist
• femsplain
• femtard
• gender-critical feminist
• hyperfeminist
• meninist
• neofeminist
• neurofeminist
• nonfeminist
• postfeminist
• prefeminist
• profeminist
• protofeminist
• pseudofeminist
• radical feminist
• semifeminist
• STEMinist
• third wave feminist
• third-wave feminist
• transfeminist
• unfeminist

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

• Afrikaans: feminis (af)
• 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) (gender-neutral), 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, Feminist:in gender-neutral
• 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 script: 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

  Latin: 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) (gender-neutral), feministino (female)
• Finnish: feministi (fi)
• Galician: feminista (gl) m or f
• German: Feminist (de) m, Feministin (de) f, Feminist:in gender-neutral
• 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

  Latin: 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.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “feminist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →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

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	feminist	feministul	feminiști	feminiștii
genitive-dative	feminist	feministului	feminiști	feminiștilor
vocative	feministule		feminiștilor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

feminist m anim (Cyrillic spelling феминист)

1. feminist

Swedish

Noun

feminist c

1. feminist

Declension

Declension of feminist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	feminist	feminists
	definite	feministen	feministens
plural	indefinite	feminister	feministers
	definite	feministerna	feministernas

Derived terms

• antifeminist
• feministparti
• likhetsfeminist
• ninjafeminist
• radikalfeminist
• särartsfeminist

Related terms

• feminism
• feministisk

Further reading

• “feminist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French féministe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /femiˈnist/, [fe̞.miˈn̪is̪t̪]
• Rhymes: -ist
• Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧nist

Adjective

feminist

1. feminist

Noun

feminist (definite accusative feministi, plural feministler)

1. a feminist

Declension

Declension of feminist

singular plural nominative feminist feministler definite accusative feministi feministleri dative feministe feministlere locative feministte feministlerde ablative feministten feministlerden genitive feministin feministlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular feministim feministlerim 2nd singular feministin feministlerin 3rd singular feministi feministleri 1st plural feministimiz feministlerimiz 2nd plural feministiniz feministleriniz 3rd plural feministleri feministleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular feministimi feministlerimi 2nd singular feministini feministlerini 3rd singular feministini feministlerini 1st plural feministimizi feministlerimizi 2nd plural feministinizi feministlerinizi 3rd plural feministlerini feministlerini dative singular plural 1st singular feministime feministlerime 2nd singular feministine feministlerine 3rd singular feministine feministlerine 1st plural feministimize feministlerimize 2nd plural feministinize feministlerinize 3rd plural feministlerine feministlerine locative singular plural 1st singular feministimde feministlerimde 2nd singular feministinde feministlerinde 3rd singular feministinde feministlerinde 1st plural feministimizde feministlerimizde 2nd plural feministinizde feministlerinizde 3rd plural feministlerinde feministlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular feministimden feministlerimden 2nd singular feministinden feministlerinden 3rd singular feministinden feministlerinden 1st plural feministimizden feministlerimizden 2nd plural feministinizden feministlerinizden 3rd plural feministlerinden feministlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular feministimin feministlerimin 2nd singular feministinin feministlerinin 3rd singular feministinin feministlerinin 1st plural feministimizin feministlerimizin 2nd plural feministinizin feministlerinizin 3rd plural feministlerinin feministlerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular feministim feministlerim 2nd singular feministsin feministlersin 3rd singular feminist feministtir feministler feministlerdir 1st plural feministiz feministleriz 2nd plural feministsiniz feministlersiniz 3rd plural feministler feministlerdir

Related terms

• feminizm

References

• “feminist”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “feminist”, in Nişanyan Sözlük