FEMINIST Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

feminist

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Definition of feminist

as in egalitarian

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Recent Examples of feminist The gothic feminist retelling of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth centers on the character of Lady Macbeth. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 June 2026 History provides multiple instances in which feminists not only fought against the patriarchy but also unabashedly embraced feminine pleasure. — Eileen G'sell, The Conversation, 8 June 2026 One of my favorite filmmakers is Marxist feminist Lina Wertmüller, whose 1970s art-house films like A Night Full of Rain and Seven Beauties have in mind the fraught dynamics of gender relations, communism, and liberal feminism’s limitations. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 May 2026 Her readers have grown up to be filmmakers eager to adapt her feminist and often autobiographical books. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for feminist

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The geopolitics of World War II is not the global order of today; our egalitarians and authoritarians are different, too.

— Judy Berman, Time, 4 May 2026

Definition of egalitarian

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Reading rates might fluctuate, but optimists argue that the long arc of history points toward universal literacy.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
China has long been a nation of techno-optimists, and not just because software and engineering — from smartphones to high-speed trains to drone deliveries — have radically improved life across the country in the span of a single generation.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 7 July 2026

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But Veda is no idealist out to end wars or reject her parents’ materialism.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Independent bookselling, rarely a way to get rich, is a meeting ground for idealists — for young people with a sense of mission, retirees embarking on a new life or middle-aged people no longer satisfied with their careers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 May 2026

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