feminism

== English == === Etymology === From French féminisme circa 1837, ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”). First recorded in English in 1851, originally meaning "the state of being feminine." Sense of "advocacy of women's rights" is from 1895. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɛmɪnɪz(ə)m/ Hyphenation: fem‧in‧ism === Noun === feminism (countable and uncountable, plural feminisms) (obsolete) The state of being feminine; femininity. [from 1851; less common after 1895] A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life. ==== Antonyms ==== antifeminism ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== masculism ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === egalitarianism, equalism (ideology promoting treating the sexes (or other human divisions) equally) == Estonian == === Noun === feminism (genitive feminismi, partitive feminismi) feminism ==== Declension ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French féminisme. === Noun === feminism n (uncountable) feminism ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === feminism c feminism ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === feminism in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker