[f. as prec. + -ISM.]

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  1.  The state of being feminine.

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1846.  in Worcester (citing Phren. Jrnl.), and in mod. Dicts.

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  2.  A feminine or woman’s word or expression.

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1892.  F. Hall, in The Nation (N.Y.), 13 Oct., LV. 282/3. The locution [very pleased] has been, all along, in the main a femininism.

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