"femaleist" meaning in All languages combined

See femaleist on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: femaleists [plural]
Etymology: female + -ist coined in 1999 by Barbara Ehrenreich. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|female|ist}} female + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} femaleist (plural femaleists)
  1. One who acknowledges and celebrates the ways in which women are different from men (in addition to the obvious difference in reproductive organs). Categories (topical): Feminism
    Sense id: en-femaleist-en-noun-I1vw0HhY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist

Inflected forms

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