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FEM-uh-niz-uh-m/ˈfemənɪzəm/

Feminism is the movement and analysis arguing for women’s rights and gender equality. A feminist (already in the dictionary) is a person who supports it; sexism is a related wrong; a prospectus slogan is not the movement. Do not treat a night-bus cut as unrelated décor if the claim is equality.

Meaning

The movement and set of ideas arguing for women’s rights and gender equality.

Examples

• “Feminism in the prospectus is a claim; the night-bus cut is the evidence.”
• “Equality is the wider aim. Women’s studies is a campus field. A brand colour is not a policy. Travel after a late sitting is a conditions fact. Match the claim to the bus, or drop the claim.”

Good to know

The movement for women’s equality. Person: feminist (already in the dictionary). A slogan is not evidence. Service cuts are evidence.

Near in meaning

equality

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