English > feminist: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A supporter of feminism. |
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| Synonyms | women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber |
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| Instances | Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir | French feminist and existentialist and novelist (1908-1986) |
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| Friedan, Betty Friedan, Betty Naomi Friedan, Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan | United States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921) |
| Gilman, Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman | United States feminist (1860-1935) |
| Mott, Lucretia Coffin Mott | United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880) |
| Paul, Alice Paul | United States feminist (1885-1977) |
| Stanton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton | United States suffragist and feminist |
| Steinem, Gloria Steinem | United States feminist (born in 1934) |
| Stone, Lucy Stone | United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) |
| Truth, Sojourner Truth | United 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) |
| Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin | English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women |
| Wright, Frances Wright, Fanny Wright | United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852) |
| Member of | feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib | The movement aimed at equal rights for women |
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| Narrower | 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) |
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| Broader | reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist | A disputant who advocates reform |
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| Spanish | feminista, liberacionista |
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| Catalan | feminista |
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| Adjectives | feminist | of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women |
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| Nouns | feminism | the movement aimed at equal rights for women |
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| feminism | a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women |
