femonationalism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The association of a nationalist ideology with feminism, especially when having xenophobic motivations.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In similar ways, femonationalism describes the attempts of European right-wing parties, among others, to co-opt feminist ideals into anti-immigrant and anti-Islam campaigns."
- "Femonationalism thus operates from a place of cynicism, presenting itself as liberating Muslim women while doing the exact opposite."
- "The case of Switzerland is of particular interest to furthering the understanding of femonationalism, we argue, because contrary to the case studies presented by these other authors, Switzerland was never a colonial state."
Etymology
Coined by Sara R. Farris. Blend of feminism + nationalism, with the "o" patterned after homonationalism.