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
  • 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 egalitarians
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  • Other studies have found that people with a positive mindset are 31% more productive and that optimists outsell their pessimistic peers by 37%.
    — Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But there are still optimists who point out the potential upside is still vast.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of optimists
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