Meanings
plural antifeminisms · alternative anti-feminism
- countableuncountableOpposition to feminism.
Instead, they rallied around issues like free speech and antifeminism, portraying themselves as truth-telling rebels doing battle against humorless “social justice warriors.”
2019 August 6, Kevin Roose, “The Making of a YouTube Radical”, in The New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
nounactivity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂
- Proto-Italic*θēmanā
- Proto-Italic*fēmanā
- Latinfēmina
- Latinfēminīnu
- Frenchféminin
- Frenchféminisme
- Englishfeminism
- Englishantifeminism
Translations
Catalan antifeminisme
- antifeminismeany belief antagonistic to feminism
Chinese Mandarin 反女權主義 /反女权主义
- 反女權主義 /反女权主义any belief antagonistic to feminism
Czech antifeminismus, antifeminizmus
- antifeminismusany belief antagonistic to feminism
- antifeminizmusany belief antagonistic to feminism
Danish antifeminisme
- antifeminismeany belief antagonistic to feminism
Esperanto kontraŭfeminismo
- kontraŭfeminismoany belief antagonistic to feminism
Estonian antifeminism
- antifeminismany belief antagonistic to feminism
Finnish antifeminismi
- antifeminismiany belief antagonistic to feminism
French antiféminisme
- antiféminismeany belief antagonistic to feminism
German Antifeminismus
- Antifeminismusany belief antagonistic to feminism
Hebrew אנטי־פמיניזם
- אנטי־פמיניזםany belief antagonistic to feminism
Hungarian antifeminizmus
- antifeminizmusany belief antagonistic to feminism
Indonesian antifeminisme
- antifeminismeany belief antagonistic to feminism
Italian antifemminismo
- antifemminismoany belief antagonistic to feminism
Japanese 反フェミニズム
- 反フェミニズムany belief antagonistic to feminism
Korean 반여성주의
- 반여성주의 (banyeoseongjuui)any belief antagonistic to feminism
Norwegian Bokmål antifeminisme
- antifeminismeany belief antagonistic to feminism
Persian آنتیفمینیسم
- آنتیفمینیسمany belief antagonistic to feminism
Polish antyfeminizm
- antyfeminizmany belief antagonistic to feminism
Portuguese antifeminismo
- antifeminismoany belief antagonistic to feminism
Russian антифемини́зм
- антифемини́зм (antifeminízm)any belief antagonistic to feminism
Slovak antifeminizmus
- antifeminizmusany belief antagonistic to feminism
Spanish antifeminismo
- antifeminismoany belief antagonistic to feminism
Swedish antifeminism
- antifeminismany belief antagonistic to feminism
Turkish feminizim karşıtlığı
- feminizim karşıtlığıany belief antagonistic to feminism
Ukrainian антифеміні́зм
- антифеміні́зм (antyfeminízm)any belief antagonistic to feminism
Yiddish אַנטי־פֿעמיניזם
- אַנטי־פֿעמיניזם (anti-feminizm)any belief antagonistic to feminism
Cite this entry
antifeminism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifeminism
“antifeminism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifeminism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antifeminism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifeminism.
Source: antifeminism on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.