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femaleness

femaleness

1 5.8
The state of being a woman, girl, or an animal that can have young
  • noun
  • /ˈfiːmeɪlnəs/
translation icon : feminidad
  • We all possess varying degrees of both "femaleness" and "maleness."
  • femaleness and maleness
  • femininity and femaleness

I mean gender like womanness, like femaleness, like like pink skirts.

Examples

  • Breastfeeding allowed me ownership of my breasts and of my femaleness that I had never before experienced.

    Blog text (29)
  • Yes, maleness and femaleness, sexual difference and combination, are the obvious subjects of much of Rodin's later work.

    Academic text (1995)
  • And what are maleness and femaleness as modes of human being in themselves?

    Academic text (1997)
  • Her spiritual essence is her supernatural femaleness and its transforming energy.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The bottom half represents femaleness and the primeval waters out of which the physical world was later created.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Experts say that "gender identity," a sense of one's own maleness or femaleness, is complicated.

    Academic text (1992)
  • How is his experience of maleness different from a woman's experience of femaleness?

    Academic text (1997)
  • Likewise, Mary's femaleness serves as the foil to the idol's maleness.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The pattern of earth-bound, mythic femaleness among the eastern Slavs reflected much older traditions that became fused in Russian territory.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Her femaleness is reflected in her nurturing behavior and emotional intelligence.

Synonyms

femininity
vsfemaleness
29 3.4

A set of qualities often seen in women, like gentleness and grace

is the broader label for all qualities or conditions beyond traditional traits
womanhood
vsfemaleness
14 3.6

The state of being an adult female and the common experiences that come with it

focuses more on overall qualities or conditions than life stage experiences
womanliness
vsfemaleness
1 4.9

The quality of being gentle, caring, and graceful often linked to females

is broader and covers qualities and conditions beyond adult role traits
womanness
vsfemaleness
1 7.0

Qualities and feelings that show a person is an adult female

is the general term for qualities or conditions that mark that sex
muliebrity
vsfemaleness
  • Archaic
9.9

The state of being a woman

is a broader term covering all qualities and conditions beyond the named state
feminineness
vsfemaleness
5.3

Qualities or style people think belong to women, like gentle manner and dress

is wider and refers to any qualities or conditions that characterize that sex

Antonyms

5 5.9

The qualities and features people link to being a man

How Masculine

masculinity
43 4.1
maleness
5 5.9
androgyny
2 8.3
femaleness
1 5.8

Surface Forms

femaleness singular
femalenesses plural

Morphology

femaleness = female (transparent) = female + ness

A straightforward noun formed from the adjective 'female' with the productive suffix '-ness' indicating the state or quality of being female.

Etymology

The word femaleness comes from female, which goes back to the old Latin word femina meaning 'woman', and the ending -ness, meaning 'state or quality'. You can also see the same root in feminine. So, femaleness means 'the state of being female'.