Words / B2

FEM-uh-nist/ˈfemənɪst/

A feminist is someone who supports equal rights for women; the word is also an adjective: a feminist reading; feminist theory. Feminism is the noun for the movement. A critic called the staging feminist. Use it as analysis, not as an insult. Do not reduce it to “about women” in every sentence.

Meaning

A person who supports equal rights for women; also the adjective.

Examples

• “The critic called the staging feminist without flattening the verse.”
• “Feminist theory is a set option on the literature specification, which is the academic adjective.”

Good to know

a feminist critic / reading; feminist theory. Movement noun: feminism. Literary and politics papers. Neutral academic register — not a taunt.

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