feminist

noun

Definition of feministnext
as in egalitarian

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Recent Examples of feminist Kusama was called pop, avant-garde, feminist, just to name some of the categories thrown at her, most of which Kusama brushed off as not quite representative of her art. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 Among the many moments that stand out is the question of whether Dolly is a feminist. — Becca James, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026 Circe the feminist But this version of Circe – angry, vindictive and, yes, witchy – didn’t appear out of thin air. — Bailey Sincox, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026 There’s an ode to Mary Richardson, the 20th century feminist radical from Mouzourakis’ native Canada. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 5 Aug. 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
  • For most of the National Guard’s history in the South, political leaders used domestic military power to preserve the interests of racial authoritarians, not racial egalitarians.
    — Justin Randolph, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
Definition of egalitarian
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  • The optimist’s view is to believe the Winnipegs of the league can continue to pivot in these situations and come out ahead, the way the Jets did when forced to move on from Patrik Laine, Jacob Trouba and others in the past.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts Bill Gates has generally been an AI optimist.
    — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 27 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
Definition of idealist

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“Feminist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feminist. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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