| 单词 | feminist |
| 释义 | feminist (once / 3009 pages) nadj A feminist is someone who supports equal rights for women. If your brother objects strongly to women being paid less than men for doing the same job, he's probably a feminist. If you believe that women should have the same political, social, and economic rights as men, you are a feminist. It has absolutely nothing to do with putting down men or boys in order to elevate the status of women. The word feminist comes from feminism, which originally meant simply "being feminine," or "being a woman," but gained the meaning "advocacy of women's rights" in the late 1800s. WORD FAMILYfeminist: antifeminist, feminists+/antifeminist: antifeminists/feminism: antifeminism, feminisms, feminist USAGE EXAMPLESHer models wore T-shirts declaring: “We should all be feminists.” Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) This year, the country also saw growth of vocal feminist movements protesting against misogynist views reflected in government policies and pop culture. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) DeVoto’s view of gender equality is delightfully retro to his fans but no doubt offensive to some feminists. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a supporter of feminism Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper libber, women's liberationist, women's rightist Simone de Beauvoir French feminist and existentialist and novelist (1908-1986) Betty Naomi Goldstein FriedanUnited States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921) Charlotte Anna Perkins GilmanUnited States feminist (1860-1935) Lucretia Coffin MottUnited States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880) Alice PaulUnited States feminist (1885-1977) Elizabeth Cady StantonUnited States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902) Gloria SteinemUnited States feminist (born in 1934) Lucy StoneUnited States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) Sojourner TruthUnited States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883) Mary Wollstonecraft GodwinEnglish writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women; mother of Mary Shelley (1759-1797) Frances WrightUnited States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852) suffragette a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century) crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer a disputant who advocates reform 2adj of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women feminist critique |
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