[ˈwʊmənɪz(ə)m], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a form of feminism based around the experiences of black women (advocated by some black writers and theorists in distinction to the term feminism and its association with white women)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 19th century (in the sense ‘behaviour regarded as typical or characteristic of a woman’, later ‘support for the rights and achievements of women’): from woman + -ism. The current sense dates from the 1980s and is associated particularly with the US writer Alice Walker (see Walker, Alice)