feminist C1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈfɛmənɪst/ See IPA manual Freq #14359 Meanings 1 noun A person who supports equal rights for women and men. As a feminist, she campaigns for equal pay in the workplace. 2 adj Relating to or supporting equal rights for women. The novel offers a sharp feminist critique of family life. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who supports equal... women's rightist Word family Forms feminists Derived forms afrofeministanarcha-feministanarcho-feministantifeministcounterfeministcyberfeministecofeministeffeministextrafeministfauxministfembitchfemcunt Related forms femi-centricfemicentricfeminacentricfemininefeminismfeminocentricfeminocentrism Common collocations feminist movement Adjective + noun Etymology AI details First attested in 1852. Ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). See also feminine, feminism. *dʰeh₁(y)- Proto-Indo-European fēminīnus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # feminist **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈfɛmənɪst/ **Frequency rank:** 14359 ## Meanings 1. A person who supports equal rights for women and men. 2. Relating to or supporting equal rights for women. ## Examples - As a feminist, she campaigns for equal pay in the workplace. - The novel offers a sharp feminist critique of family life. ## Derived Forms - afrofeminist - anarcha-feminist - anarcho-feminist - antifeminist - counterfeminist - cyberfeminist - ecofeminist - effeminist - extrafeminist - fauxminist - fembitch - femcunt ## Related Forms - femi-centric - femicentric - feminacentric - feminine - feminism - feminocentric - feminocentrism ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *dʰeh₁(y)- - Root: fēminīnus ## Etymology First attested in 1852. Ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). See also feminine, feminism. ## AI Etymology Feminist is first attested in 1852. Ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). See also feminine, feminism. The historical chain includes *dʰeh₁(y)- (Proto-Indo-European) and fēminīnus (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as afrofeminist, anarcha-feminist, anarcho-feminist, and antifeminist and related forms such as femi-centric, femicentric, and feminacentric. In present use it covers a person who supports equal rights for women and men and relating to or supporting equal rights for women. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown