feminists

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plural of feminist
as in egalitarians

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  1. egalitarians
  2. optimists
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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 egalitarians
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  • 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
  • That gloom extends far beyond assessments of the current time period; the Post/Ipsos poll found that 59% of Americans doubt their family's ability to improve their standard of living, outnumbering optimists by nearly 20 points.
    — Emily Guskin, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of optimists
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