third-wave feminism

noun

third-wave feminism

noun
1

A period of feminist activity that began in the early 1990s as a response to perceived failures of second-wave initiatives to address the needs of women of many races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions and cultural backgrounds.

Coordinate terms
first-wave feminism, fourth-wave feminism, second-wave feminism

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