feminist

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Definition of feministnext
as in egalitarian

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Recent Examples of feminist The character was inspired by Lear’s then-wife, Frances, herself a feminist. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026 The exhibit showcases other Mexican masters, including Kahlo’s husband, Diego Rivera, but the big draw has been Kahlo, whose oeuvre has become a touchstone of feminist and Latin American iconography. — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 Altering your body and face, and obsessively displaying yourself on the internet, was, by many people, deemed feminist, too. — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026 Her legacy has found new thrust among LGBTQIA+, Indigenous, disability, feminist, and Latin American empowerment movements. — Theo Lee, Vogue, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for feminist
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  1. egalitarian
  2. optimist
  3. idealist
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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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  • An optimist may see this as a cycle, whereby there’s rotation at the top and the status quo will shift.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Now the rot is right there on the surface; the people smiling are less likely to be clueless optimists than the people who are happy about the rot, or profiting from it.
    — Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of optimist
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  • Fairness With Conditions Schulz is careful not to present himself as an idealist.
    — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Doug Gibson, the novel’s closest thing to an idealist, is a pugilistic criminal-defense lawyer, the kind with ads on bus-stop benches.
    — Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
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