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third-wave feminism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
third-wave fem-i-nism
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A period of feminist activity that began in the early 1990s as a response to perceived failures of second-wave initiatives to address the needs of women of many races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions and cultural backgrounds.

Uncountable

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

first-wave feminism fourth-wave feminism second-wave feminism

Questions

What does third-wave feminism mean?
A period of feminist activity that began in the early 1990s as a response to perceived failures of second-wave initiatives to address the needs of women of many races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions and cultural backgrounds.

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