soubriquet
noun
sou·bri·quet
ˈsō-bri-ˌkā 
-ˌket,
ˈsü-;
ˌsō-bri-ˈkā,
-ˈket
ˌsü-
less common variant of sobriquet
: a descriptive name or epithet : nickname
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And somehow, along the way, the hyena insult became a feminist soubriquet—as for example in Angela Neustatter’s Hyenas in Petticoats: A look at twenty years of feminism.
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“Soubriquet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soubriquet. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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