Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

femspeak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fem-s-peak
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The characteristic jargon of feminists and feminist discourse.

Derogatory; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The aim of this jargon-sodden Femspeak is to set up a myth of women artists as a hated underclass, which they were not in 1975 and are not today; in such a scheme, vagina hatred is imputed to men as automatically as penis envy once was to women."
"The Bergers assert that “the family is a problem”, and note that the concept of 'gender roles' is merely “femspeak” – a technique for arguing that the assignment of roles within the family is arbitrary and that it can/should be changed, so as to advance women's welfare (p 64)."
"According to Warren Farrell, an Orwellian “lace curtain” of governing “femspeak” is virtually indistinguishable from the propaganda machinery of tyranny states."

Etymology

From fem + -speak.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fem

Usage

Questions

What does femspeak mean?: The characteristic jargon of feminists and feminist discourse.
Where does femspeak come from?: From fem + -speak.

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