Definition of "feminism" []

• Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. (noun)
• The movement organized around this belief. (noun)

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• "And the one basic, most important fight in feminism is for choice."
• ""The word feminism has become synonymous with the idea of man-hating when in fact it has more to do with women than men," she wrote, using the example of Christine Lagarde, the former French finance minister who became the first female head of the International Monetary Fund."
• "The word feminism itself had not exactly inspired a ferocious defense by its own adherents."