feminazi
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See also: féminazi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Blend of feminist + Nazi, popularized in 1992 by conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh, who credited his friend Thomas Hazlett, a professor of law and economics at George Mason University, with coining the term (1987).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
feminazi (comparative more feminazi, superlative most feminazi)
- (derogatory, potentially offensive) Relating to a radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views, or a female chauvinist.
Translations
relating to a radical or militant feminist
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Noun
feminazi (plural feminazis)
- (derogatory, potentially offensive) A radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views or who seeks female superiority over men.
- Synonyms: fembitch, (often used by anti-feminists) femcunt, (rare) femifascist
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:feminazi.
Usage notes
- See the usage notes about Nazi.
- Limbaugh defined the term as “a feminist to whom the most important thing in life is ensuring that as many abortions as possible occur”, adding that “[t]here are fewer than twenty-five known Feminazis in the United States”.[3][4] However, in practice he and others use the term in a much wider context.[5]
Derived terms
Translations
intolerant radical feminist
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References
- Hazlett, Thomas Winslow (1987 December 1) “H.L. Mencken: The Soul Behind the Sass”, in Reason, →OL: “We could really use him now, what with Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, Tip O'Neill and Jerry Falwell, Gary Hart and Donna Rice, the Moonies, the feminazis, the Naderite crusaders, and the television evangelists.”
- Rush H. Limbaugh, III (1992) The Way Things Ought to Be, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 193: “Tom Hazlett, a good friend who is an esteemed and highly regarded professor of economics at the University of California at Davis, coined the term to describe any female who is intolerant of any point of view that challenges militant feminism.”
- Rush H. Limbaugh, III (1992) “The Limbaugh Lexicon”, in The Way Things Ought to Be, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 296: “Feminazi: Widely misunderstood by most to simply mean “feminist.” Not so, boobala. A Feminazi is a feminist to whom the most important thing in life is ensuring that as many abortions as possible occur. There are fewer than twenty-five known Feminazis in the United States.”
- Wilson, John K. (2011 March 1) “Bitches, Butt Boys, and Feminazis: Limbaugh’s Sexism and Homophobia”, in The Most Dangerous Man in America: Rush Limbaugh’s Assault on Reason, Macmillan, →ISBN, →OL, page 56:
- When asked in 1995 about the term “feminazi,” he declared: “It’s the way I look at the feminist movement.” Limbaugh referred to the National Center for Women and Policing and the Feminist Majority Foundation as “feminazis.” So it’s not just twenty-five individuals, but every single feminist organization, its leaders, and millions upon millions of Americans with the same views whom Limbaugh compares to Nazis.
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