women's studies

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noun

a program of studies concentrating on the role of women in history, learning, and culture.

Origin of women's studies

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby women's studies

women's movement, women's refuge, women's rights, women's room, women's royal voluntary service, women's studies, women's suffrage, women's wear, womenfolk, womenkind, womenswear

Words related to women's studies

feminism, sisterhood, womanism

British Dictionary definitions for women's studies

women's studies

pl n

courses in history, literature, psychology, etc, that are particularly concerned with women's roles, experiences, and achievements