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femocrat, n. orig. and chiefly Austral.
Brit. |ˈfɛməkrat|, U.S. |ˈfɛməˌkræt|, Austral. |ˈfeməkræt|
[‹ fem- (in feminist n.) + -ocrat comb. form, probably after democrat n.]
An influential female civil servant or politician, esp. one noted for feminist views.
In Austral. use orig. and chiefly depreciative.
1981B. Francis Let. 4 Mar. in Hecate (1983) 30 Nov. 10 Most of the members [of the (Australian) National Women's Action Committee] were selected on the advice of the office of Women's Affairs... We have even coined a new word to describe them—the ‘femocrats’. 1992Oakland (Calif.) Post (Nexis) 2 Aug. 1 California's femocrats have been steadily advancing women's causes..to the highest level of any state. 1999New Statesman 20 Dec. 54/1 Blair's babes were suddenly joined by a new army of femocrats. 2004Australian (Nexis) 16 Mar. 13 He can't stand up to Labor's femocrats, themselves shrill advocates of a quota system for women politicians. |