feminism English · revision 15501

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1851|origins=la fēmina}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈfɛmɪnɪz(ə)m/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|féminisme]] (1837),^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)^(OED 1989) formed from [[feminine]] and [[-ism]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) ultimately from [[la|fēmina|t=woman]].^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The qualities of females: 1851.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In biology and pathology, the development of female characteristics in a male is from 1875 in Etymonline, 1882 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The main modern sense, advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes, is from 1895, after the French.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) It also names the movement organized around this belief.^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1837 – féminisme in French.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1851 – the qualities of females.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1875 – female characteristics in a male.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1895 – advocacy of women's rights.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The belief that women should have the same social, political and economic rights as men.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The movement organized around this belief.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[feminist]]

+ * [[feministic]]

+ * [[antifeminism]]

+ * [[profeminism]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[feminine]]

+ * [[femininity]]

+ * [[female]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}