Contextualizebeta

fauxminist

noun

Etymology

Blend of faux + feminist.

  1. derived from fēminīnus
  2. compounded as fauxminist — “faux + feminist”

Definitions

  1. An insincere or inauthentic feminist.

    • This organization exists to take away a freedom that is important to every woman of childbearing age. It is more accurate to call them FAUXminists against Choice!
    • "And you call yourself a feminist!" the baby sneers, her contempt as ill-concealed as a teenage boy's designer underpants. "Fauxminist! Fauxminist!" her big sister shrills.
    • 2012, Bianca Pencz, "Beyoncé: feminist or fauxminist?", Vancouver Observer, 25 April 2012 (used in title only)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fauxminist. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA