herstory

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Etymology

Wordplay: blend of her +‎ history, derived as though the first syllable in history were his, the male pronoun.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 276: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈhɜːstɹi/, /ˈhɜːstəɹi/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 276: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈhɝstɹi/, /ˈhɝstəɹi/

Noun

herstory (countable and uncountable, plural herstories)

  1. (nonstandard) History that emphasizes the role of women, or that is told from a woman's (or from a feminist) point of view.
    • 1969?, “Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, "1969 Mother Stonewall and the Golden Rats"”, in The Stonewall Reader, Penguin Classics, published 2019, →ISBN, page 107:
      Nobody thought of it as history, herstory, my-story, your-story, or our-story.
  2. (feminism) Any historical writing by or about women.

See also

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989
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