Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postfeminism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: post-fem-i-nism
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a wide range of theories that respond to feminism, arguing that it is no longer relevant or that it needs to be extended to fit the changing expectations and experiences of women.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As the ’90s went by, third-wave feminism was edged out by postfeminism, a cheerful, consumerist movement arguing that feminism had achieved what it needed to and now women were largely free to behave just like men, sexually liberated and socially empowered. The catch was that we were also subtly being conditioned to perform."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English feminism English postfeminism From post- + feminism.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

postfeminisms (plural) post-feminism (alternative)

Questions

What does postfeminism mean?: Any of a wide range of theories that respond to feminism, arguing that it is no longer relevant or that it needs to be extended to fit the changing expectations and experiences of women.
Where does postfeminism come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English feminism English postfeminism From post- + feminism.

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