| 释义 |
anti-ˈfeminist, n. and a.
[anti-1 5.]
A. n. One opposed to women or to feminism (sense 2); a person (usu. a man) who is hostile to sexual equality or to the advocacy of women's rights.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by such views.
1924G. B. Shaw Saint Joan Pref. p. x, If a historian is an Anti-Feminist, and does not believe women to be capable of genius in the traditional masculine departments, he will never make anything of Joan, whose genius was turned to practical account mainly in soldiering and politics. 1930C. S. Lewis Let. 10 June (1966) 141 His taking—what one expects to find mentioned only in anti-feminists—the Lilithian desire to be admired. 1936H. Nicolson Let. 2 Dec. (1966) 281 How I loathe and detest women... I am feeling very anti-feminist tonight. I loathe women. The only thing that will make them behave decently is to give them complete equality and no privileges. 1970R. Barber Knight & Chivalry ii. viii. 131 Jean..is on the side of the clerks, when he is not being openly antifeminist. 1982N.Y. Times Mag. 5 Sept. 46 Many points were valid and even antifeminists have seen the hopelessness of arguing against them.
Hence anti-feminism.
1954J. A. C. Brown Soc. Psychol. Industry vi. 175 Such attitudes as loyalty to a leader,..stress on authoritarian discipline, antifeminism, partriotism. 1981Amer. Speech LVI. 87 Reactions against earlier epicene pronouns often reveal a spirit of antifeminism. |