- a person who supports the belief that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men
- Nineteenth-century feminists demanded equal education and employment opportunities for single women.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- active
- committed
- modern
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Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French féministe, from Latin femina ‘woman’.Want to learn more?
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