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单词 womanism
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Definition of womanism in English:

womanism

noun ˈwʊmənɪz(ə)mˈwʊməˌnɪzəm
mass noun
  • A form of feminism that acknowledges women's natural contribution to society (used by some in distinction to the term feminism and its association with white women).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Collins admonishes: ‘… womanism and Black feminism may have little meaning, especially in the absence of actual social institutions dedicated to investigating Black women's critical social theory.’
    • My students recently tackled the distinction between the philosophies of feminism and Black womanism.
    • It has sometimes been called Marxism, sometimes socialist feminism, sometimes womanism, sometimes materialist feminism, or feminist materialism, and sometimes is implicit in work that bears no theoretical labels.
    • Using Walker's definition of womanism, at the beginning of In Search of Our Mother's Gardens, Lauret indicates how Hurston serves as a model, as Walker formulates, revises, and offers a critique of the term.
    • Distinguishing between womanism and feminism, however, has often been a subject of debate.
    • It's not clear what the difference is between feminism and womanism.
    • In addition to his nature-based theory, the author blends the traditional roles of women and ideas of hard core feminism into what he terms womanism.
    Synonyms
    the women's movement, the feminist movement, women's liberation, female emancipation, women's rights

Derivatives

  • womanist

  • noun ˈwʊmənɪstˈwʊməˌnɪst
    • Perhaps womanist is a word that does not obscure or contradict feminism, but that represents a new kind of feminism that is fresh, informed and accessible.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The work offers a holistic way forward in feminist theology and it is expected that the challenge of the womanists will be eagerly taken up by the mainstream church as a sign of grace.
      • Black feminists and womanists in the academy dream of community and cooperation but often live in isolation, she said.
      • Some women in India now call themselves womanists.
      • Black feminists and womanists have consistently provided the most compelling egalitarian vision for the black freedom struggle.
      • Nor need feminists and womanists worry unduly in this case about the tendency of atonement models to foster one-sided and narrow prescriptions for human action by elevating certain features of the cross to salvific status.
 
 

Definition of womanism in US English:

womanism

nounˈwo͝oməˌnizəmˈwʊməˌnɪzəm
  • A form of feminism that emphasizes women's natural contribution to society (used by some in distinction to the term feminism and its association with white women).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's not clear what the difference is between feminism and womanism.
    • Collins admonishes: ‘… womanism and Black feminism may have little meaning, especially in the absence of actual social institutions dedicated to investigating Black women's critical social theory.’
    • Using Walker's definition of womanism, at the beginning of In Search of Our Mother's Gardens, Lauret indicates how Hurston serves as a model, as Walker formulates, revises, and offers a critique of the term.
    • In addition to his nature-based theory, the author blends the traditional roles of women and ideas of hard core feminism into what he terms womanism.
    • My students recently tackled the distinction between the philosophies of feminism and Black womanism.
    • Distinguishing between womanism and feminism, however, has often been a subject of debate.
    • It has sometimes been called Marxism, sometimes socialist feminism, sometimes womanism, sometimes materialist feminism, or feminist materialism, and sometimes is implicit in work that bears no theoretical labels.
    Synonyms
    the women's movement, the feminist movement, women's liberation, female emancipation, women's rights
 
 
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