bechdel test
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
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1
Syllables
8
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Meaning
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A feminist test used to evaluate the representation of women in fiction, especially in films, TV shows, and other media.
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Example Sentences
- "It also will enable users to determine if a project passes the Bechdel Test, measuring whether two female characters speak to each other about anything other than a man."
- "Finally, the percentage of musicals that pass the Bechdel test but not the jobs test has also remained consistent―at under 10% for the entire 75 years studied. These results imply that it is far more likely for a musical to pass the Bechdel test if a female character is employed in it; perhaps having a focus other than men for a character aids in more progressive portrayals."
Etymology
After cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author of a 1985 Dykes to Watch Out For comic strip that popularized the test. Reportedly first used in 2007.
Inflected Forms
the Bechdel test (canonical)