feminist, a. and n.
(ˈfɛmɪnɪst)
Also ˈfemininist.
[ad. F. féministe, f. L. fēmina woman: see -ist.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to feminism, or to women. B. n. An advocate of feminism.
| 1894 Daily News 12 Oct. 5/5 What our Paris Correspondent describes as a ‘Feminist’ group is being formed in the French Chamber of Deputies. 1895 Critic 2 Feb. 90/2 The writer depicts Ford as the deepest ‘femininist’ in the Shakespearian constellation. 1898 Daily Chron. 15 Oct. 5/1 The lady Parliamentary reporter is the latest development of the feminist movement in New Zealand. 1904 Athenæum 26 Nov. 730/2 There have been feminists who claimed George Eliot as the rival of Thackeray. 1920 W. J. Locke House of Baltazar v. 56 We're out of this feminist hurly-burly. 1930 Manch. Guardian 15 Sept. 7/7 Feminists are rare birds in Russia. |
Hence femiˈnistic, feminiˈnistic adjs.
| 1902 Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) I. 365 Ibsen's femininistic propaganda. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 11 Sept. 6/3 Some thinkers in Hungary anticipate feministic developments even in Turkey. 1912 Englishwoman Mar. 261 This society is only feministic in so far as it strives to give women better opportunities. |