Defined as ‘the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes’, feminism spiked in online searches after the global Women’s March and revelations about Harvey Weinstein
Feminism has been named word of the year by the American dictionary Merriam-Webster.
The US dictionary said that it had seen a 70% increase in online searches for the word in 2017, compared to 2016. The largest spike in searches came in the last weeks of January, following the Women’s March in Washington DC and around the world.
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