FEMINIST Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

feminist

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as in egalitarian

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Recent Examples of feminist History provides multiple instances in which feminists not only fought against the patriarchy but also unabashedly embraced feminine pleasure. — Eileen G'sell, The Conversation, 8 June 2026 Fuller, an early feminist, played a central role in many progressive movements in 19th century America, including abolition and prison reform. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 1 July 2026 Rowling's public statements against transgender women have led many to label her a transgender-exclusionary radical feminist, or TERF. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 One of my favorite filmmakers is Marxist feminist Lina Wertmüller, whose 1970s art-house films like A Night Full of Rain and Seven Beauties have in mind the fraught dynamics of gender relations, communism, and liberal feminism’s limitations. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for feminist

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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

Definition of egalitarian

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In the great debate over how to address the national debt crisis, optimists suggest that expanding the economy is preferable to cutting federal spending.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Andy Sachs exemplifies an adaptive optimist, challenging norms and fostering open environments through self-reflection and curiosity.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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But Veda is no idealist out to end wars or reject her parents’ materialism.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Independent bookselling, rarely a way to get rich, is a meeting ground for idealists — for young people with a sense of mission, retirees embarking on a new life or middle-aged people no longer satisfied with their careers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 May 2026

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