Womanism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An extension to feminism that incorporates respect for women of all races and classes. countable, uncountable

    "Although womanism raises the issue of gender, it simultaneously offers a distance from the “enemy,” in this case, Whites generally and White women in particular."

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"Although womanism raises the issue of gender, it simultaneously offers a distance from the “enemy,” in this case, Whites generally and White women in particular."

Etymology

From woman + -ism. Coined by Alice Walker in 1983.

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