Of, designating, or characteristic of a period before feminism, especially of the period before the intense feminist activism and significant improvement in women's rights of the 1960s and 1970s.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in The Times. From pre- + feminist.
Definition of pre-feminist in US English:
pre-feminist
adjectivepriːˈfɛmɪnɪst
Of, designating, or characteristic of a period before feminism, especially of the period before the intense feminist activism and significant improvement in women's rights of the 1960s and 1970s.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in The Times. From pre- + feminist.