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feministic

feministic

1 5.4
Supporting equal rights for women
  • adjective
  • /ˌfɛmɪˈnɪstɪk/
translation icon : feminista
  • His speech highlighted feministic themes, advocating for women's empowerment in the workplace.

Examples

  • Obviously I'm not saying you should plonk yourself down next to her and tell her that squarely in those exact words, but do you think it's necessarily feministic to express objectifying thoughts in non-objectifying language?

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  • Jon Stewart is an over-the-top, inflammatory, ultrapartisan, uncivil, feministic, and extreme left-wing shill.

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  • And no, this is not some feministic remake of an old Drew Barrymore movie.

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  • In fact, it's been strongly advocated by some MRAs (convincingly too) that feministic female empowerment and Anglo-Puritanism are direct outgrowths of one another.

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  • Many people consider her feministic ideas to be a reflection of her beliefs about equality and justice.

  • The film presents a feministic perspective that emphasizes the importance of women's rights and social justice.

Synonyms

feminist
vsfeministic
142 3.7

Supporting equal rights and chances for women and men

expresses support openly rather than focusing on private belief
profeminist
vsfeministic
7.0

Supporting equal rights and fair treatment for women

expresses support but not necessarily through active advocacy

Antonyms

antifeminist
  • Offensive
1 8.2

A person who opposes equal rights for women and men

Surface Forms

feministic positive

Morphology

feministic = feminist (transparent) = feminist + ic

Formed by the productive adjective-forming suffix '-ic' added to 'feminist'; the meaning 'relating to or expressing feminism' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Feministic comes from the Latin root femina, which means 'woman', and this root is the same one in words like female and feminine. So, feministic describes ideas or actions that support women and their rights, like feminism and feminist.