Meaning of feminism in English

feminism

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/ˈfem.ɪ.nɪ.zəm/ us

/ˈfem.ə.nɪ.zəm/

the belief that women should be allowed the same rights, power, and opportunities as men and be treated in the same way, or the set of activities intended to achieve this state:

She had a lifelong commitment to feminism.

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feminism

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an organized effort to give women the same economic, social, and political rights as men

feminist

noun [ C ] us

/ˈfem·ə·nɪst/

In the 19th century, feminists argued that women should be allowed to vote.

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Readers are likely to focus on particular themes as ambitiously covered by the book - political liberalism, conservatism, socialism, ecology and feminism.

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Unlike anthropology, history, and literary criticism, sociology is not understood as a discipline in which feminism has led to a significant reconceptualization of existing frameworks.

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As an illustration of the cost of this omission, one particularly vexed issue for modern feminism stands out for consideration in an eighteenth-century context: motherhood.

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Their main focus was girls' preferences, and they sought to determine whether the rise of feminism and affirmative action had produced any effect.

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The discussion on feminism raises some interesting points highlighting tensions in examining motherist movements, but the debate is not really taken further.

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They were the back-story of feminism that has been so central to the emergence of women's history as a sub-discipline with a mission.

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Despite its short life, the term indicates the presence of a debate within feminism that has rarely been discussed.

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Psychoanalysis, behaviour therapy, drama therapy, medical treatment of drug withdrawal and chronic psychoses, and feminism are just some of the frameworks adopted.

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To map the terrain of this vast field the book rightly addresses questions of diversity, which foregrounds second- and third-wave feminism.

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Let us not understate the historic importance of this argument to liberalism, to feminism, and to women's equality.

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However, linking relevant differences to ethical principles would also be problematic in modern feminism for several reasons.

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They were not aware of or even interested in feminism or its analysis of their situation, but were still empowered as women.

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With power left standing, the feminism of this theory cannot be proven by any living woman.

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How has feminism changed the study of language?

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Deconstructing equality-versus-difference; or, the uses of poststructuralist theory for feminism.

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女權主義, 女權運動…

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