daughterhood
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Being a parent's female child and the duties or feelings that come with it
- noun
- /ˈdɔːtərhʊd/
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- On a quest to be authentic in my motherhood, sisterhood, and daughterhood, but I can tend to become Juvenalian sometimes, maybe in writing but also in life, reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal" as if I were hearing a friend speak to me about how ridiculous some ideas can become, especially when they begin to drift into reality, mocking all of us really...
Examples
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Hammer writes: "The transition from daughterhood to motherhood remains the central rite of passage in the lives of women, as it has been throughout history."
Academic text (1993) -
Growing up, I learned the values and responsibilities that come with daughtherhood in my family.
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Her daughtherhood shaped her identity and influenced her approach to life and relationships.
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The sense of daughtherhood connected her deeply to her mother's traditions and expectations.
Surface Forms
daughterhood singular
daughterhoods plural
Morphology
Etymology
Daughterhood is made from daughter and the ending -hood, which means 'state' or 'condition', just like in childhood and brotherhood. So, daughterhood means the state or role of being a daughter.