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feministy en · ADJ

Etymology

From feminist + -y.

Meanings

1. (colloquial) Like a feminist, or like stereotypical feminist beliefs.
   • Tessa knew she was supposed to feel robbed of her womanhood or something feministy like that, but actually she quite liked it. 2003, Annabel Giles, Crossing the Paradise Line, page 74:
   • And what if you know that it’s shallow to fall for media narratives about women fighting with one another […] and you want to be all feminist-y and everything, yet at the same time Carrie versus Samantha is the only news story you actually care about? 2018 February 15, Hadley Freeman, The Guardian:
   • “I am independent,” she said. “But not feministy in that way.” 2013, Vanessa Furse Jackson, The Revolving Year:

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