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first-wave feminism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
first-wave fem-i-nism
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The original period of concerted feminist activity during the 19th and early 20th century, focusing on de jure gender inequalities, primarily that of suffrage (the right to vote).

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What does first-wave feminism mean?
The original period of concerted feminist activity during the 19th and early 20th century, focusing on de jure gender inequalities, primarily that of suffrage (the right to vote).

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