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femonationalism

noun

Etymology

Coined by Sara R. Farris. Blend of feminism + nationalism, with the "o" patterned after homonationalism.

  1. borrowed from nationalisme
  2. compounded as femonationalism — “feminism + nationalism”

Definitions

  1. The association of a nationalist ideology with feminism, especially when having…

    The association of a nationalist ideology with feminism, especially when having xenophobic motivations.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for femonationalism. 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