radfem

English

Etymology

Shortening of radical feminist.

Noun

radfem (plural radfems)

1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) A radical feminist.
   • 1999, Michael Jahn, Dorian Yeager, & Barbara Paul, A New York State of Crime, Worldwide, →ISBN, page 39:

     "How come a radfem like you didn't keep your last name after you got married?" Mosko asked.

   • 2003, Kenneth Lasson, Trembling in the Ivory Tower: Excesses in the Pursuit of Truth and Tenure, Bancroft Press, →ISBN, page 103:

     In their philosophical pursuit of answers to ultimate questions, the radfems get mired in the multi-syllabic muck of over-intellectualization, lacing their ideas with obscure cross-references and mind-numbing bombast […]

   • 2008, Peter Innes, The Man with the Grasshopper Mind, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 91:

     Dr. Brimacombe firmly believed that just because she was a radfem, there was no need to dress in drab. She was frilly and feminine in the peachy-pinky, frou-frou frock and matching heels recommended by her fashion consultant.

   • 2018 November 28, Viv Smythe, “I'm credited with having coined the word 'Terf'. Here's how it happened”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     It was passionate trans women activists online whose strong advocacy of their right to exist as women in the world showed me just how dehumanising the trans-hostile rhetoric is from some radfems about them.

Hyponyms

• TERF

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 激女

• French: radfem (fr)
• Spanish: radfem (es) m or f by sense

Anagrams

• D-frame, farmed, framed

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English radfem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈradfem/ [ˈrað̞.fẽm]
• Rhymes: -adfem
• Syllabification: rad‧fem

Noun

radfem m or f by sense (plural radfems)

1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) a radical feminist