Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudofeminist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pseud-ofem-i-nist
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Seemingly feminist; feminist perhaps in form, but certainly not in essence.

noun

One who is apparently, but not actually, a feminist.

Example Sentences

"The ads deployed pseudofeminist rhetoric with implicit references to Title IX and sexual assault, casting trans students as patriarchal threats to women’s hard-won rights: “The end of girls’ sports? Her dreams of a scholarship shattered, your 14-year-old daughter just lost her position on an all-girl team to a male … and now she may have to shower with him. Are you willing to let that happen?”"
"These pseudofeminists consistently preach feminism with one hand while practicing traditional sexism with the other."

Etymology

From pseudo- + feminist.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pseudo

Inflected Forms

more pseudofeminist (comparative) most pseudofeminist (superlative) pseudo-feminist (alternative) pseudofeminists (plural)

Synonyms

fauxminist

Questions

What does pseudofeminist mean?: Seemingly feminist; feminist perhaps in form, but certainly not in essence.
Where does pseudofeminist come from?: From pseudo- + feminist.

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