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WOMEN'S LIB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The movement aimed at equal rights for women
Synonyms:
feminism; feminist movement; women's lib; women's liberation movement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("women's lib" is a kind of...):
campaign; cause; crusade; drive; effort; movement (a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end)
Meronyms (members of "women's lib"):
feminist; libber; women's liberationist; women's rightist (a supporter of feminism)
Derivation:
women's liberationist (a supporter of feminism)