feminist

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Recent Examples of feminist Liu tells the stories of four people– a renowned feminist, a gay dating app entrepreneur, an aspiring rapper, and a famous science fiction writer—who all found ways to dance around The Great Firewall and earn success for themselves and for their communities online. Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026 And so has inspired a kind of anti-identitarian feminist push from some people. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026 This news might come to many fans' surprise—but the sassy, whip-smart, and rebellious feminist Eloise Bridgerton does not stay single. Christina Perrier, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026 In Lively’s version of events, Baldoni was an egotistical, posturing actor, who tried to present himself as an enlightened male feminist. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for feminist
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Noun
  • And yet, the natural optimist in me (that’s Tolkien talking) can’t succumb to literary doomerism.
    Big Think, Big Think, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Occasionally, optimists are right, even in the Middle East.
    Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This is ultimately a story about America and the kinds of dreamers the country produces: Garfield was an idealist, and Shannon portrays him with earnestness and purpose—a man devoted to his family but also to moral causes, including keeping Reconstruction from falling apart.
    Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
  • While Sophie has a pragmatic approach to life, she’s complemented by Benedict, a dreamy idealist.
    Kat Moon, Time, 29 Jan. 2026

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“Feminist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feminist. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.

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