The Cambridge Dictionary of the American Language only has "The belief that women should have the same economic, social, and political rights as men- (The Cambridge Dictionary of the American Language 67). ... Other sources, such as the Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, iterates "that the word feminism means she who suckles' from the Latin word fendecus, meaning fruitful. ... The word feminism is also viewed many times in today's literature. ...

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