feminist English · revision 7631

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1892|origins=fr féministe}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈfɛmənɪst/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|féministe]] (1872),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from féminin, [[feminine]], and -iste, [[-ist]],^(MWU 2024) ultimately from Latin [[m|la|femina|t=woman]] (see [[feminism]]).^(NODE 1998)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An advocate of feminism: 1892 in Etymonline, 1894 in the OED;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) as an adjective by 1894.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Etymonline notes that ''womanist'' was sometimes tried as a native alternative, that ''femalist'' had already been taken (1610s) for a courter of women, and that Shaw coined ''hominist'' for one who claims for men the privileges given to women.^(Etymonline) ''Feministic'' is from 1902.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1872 – French féministe.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1892 – the noun.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1894 – the adjective.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1902 – feministic.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who supports [[feminism]] and equal [[right|alt=rights]] for women.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of, relating to or supporting feminism.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[feministic]]

+ * [[nonfeminist]]

+ * [[postfeminist]]

+ * [[profeminist]]

+ * [[unfeminist]]

+ * [[antifeminist]]

+ * [[feminazi]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[feminism]]

+ * [[feminine]]

+ * [[female]]

+ * [[effeminate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}