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sisterhood

1 3.0

The close relationship and support between women from the same family

noun
/ˈsɪstərˌhʊd/

: hermandad

Sisterhood is powerful... but the sisters came from very different families and that had to be recognized.

It's there is aspect of romance in it, but it's mostly like sister sisterhood.

Examples

Hooray for sisterhood!

Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Her sisterhood with her twin signifies a unique and lifelong friendship.
And sisterhood is a really powerful thing.
There is zero sisterhood here.

Step Sisters (2018)
It's a sisterhood that is gonna support you for the rest of your life.

Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
Now it may be that our sisterhood is broken.

Fiction book (1995)
Hey, what happened to the sisterhood?

The War with Grandpa (2020)
Because in a true sisterhood, Alex, sisters love their sisters.

5ive Girls (2007)
It's about sisterhood.

Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Sisterhood conquers all.

Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Synonyms

brotherhood

vssisterhood

4 3.4

The relationship between male family members who share the same parents

focuses on female sibling relationships rather than male ones

sistership

vssisterhood

7.6

A relationship between a woman and her siblings from the same parents

covers relations among female siblings as well as between one female sibling and others

How Close

familial bond

1 3.5

sisterhood

1 3.0

distance

129 5.4

estrangement

8 7.8

Surface Forms

sisterhood singular

sisterhoods plural

Morphology

sisterhood = sister (transparent) = sister + hood

This sense ('the relationship between sisters') is a straightforward state/quality derived from 'sister' + '-hood'.

Etymology

Sisterhood comes from sister and the ending -hood, which means 'state' or 'condition', as in childhood. So sisterhood can mean the close relationship or the 'being sisters' between siblings.