Etymology

postfeminism

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Today it means: Any of a wide range of theories that respond to feminism, arguing that it is no longer relevant or that it needs to be extended to fit the changing expectations and experiences of women. Full definition →

English feminism ← French féminisme ← Latin fēminīnu
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂
  9. Proto-Italic*θēmanā
  10. Proto-Italic*fēmanā
  11. Latinfēmina
  12. Latinfēminīnu
  13. Frenchféminin
  14. Frenchféminisme
  15. Englishfeminism
  16. English todaypostfeminism

From post- + feminism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.