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ovular

adj, noun — 3 senses

ovular

adj

Etymology From ovule + -ar. In the feminist sense, chosen as an opposite to seminar because of that term's etymological link with semen, the male sexual fluid.

1

Of or pertaining to an ovule.

2

Rare Oval.

  • There were lights across the street and an ovular pool of light from Noah’s window on the grass between her and the back fence.2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 244:
Derived terms
anovular, biovular, diovular, extraovular, monovular, periovular, polyovular, uniovular

ovular

noun

Etymology From ovule + -ar. In the feminist sense, chosen as an opposite to seminar because of that term's etymological link with semen, the male sexual fluid.

1

Feminism, Government, Human sciences, Ideology, Philosophy, Politics, Sciences Rare A seminar for feminists.

  • Trebilco considers 'seminar' offensively 'masculinist', so she has replaced it with ovular, which she regards as its feminist equivalent.1994, Christina Hoff Sommers, Who Stole Feminism?:
Related terms
ovulary

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