women's liberation

English

Alternative forms

• Women's Liberation

Etymology

1966, women +‎ liberation.

Noun

women's liberation (uncountable)

1. The freedom of women from sexism; equal rights for women.
   • 1966, New Left Review, November–December, p 12:

     Fourier was the most ardent and voluminous advocate of women's liberation and of sexual freedom among the early socialists.

2. The struggle or campaigns to achieve this goal.

Synonyms

• feminism
• fem lib
• women's lib
• women's movement

Derived terms

• women's libber
• women's liberationist