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postfeminist en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English feminist English postfeminist From post- + feminist.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to postfeminism.
   • This has meant also a postfeminist, postqueer shift toward a different Foucault than the one we were obsessed with in the 1980s and nineties. If we still use him, it is usually for purposes other than sex: the rethinking of race, sovereignty, religion, and nation. 2013, Lynn Huffer, Mad for Foucault: Rethinking the Foundations of Queer Theory:

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postfeminist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English feminist English postfeminist From post- + feminist.

Meanings

1. One who belongs to the postfeminism movement.
   • But to call a group of researchers postfeminist without exploring what exactly that means belittles both feminists and postfeminists alike. 2009 February 8, “What Do Women Want?”, in New York Times:

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