womanhood
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈwʊmənhʊd/
:
feminidad
- We are two sisters bound by womanhood.
- cult of true womanhood
- transition to womanhood
- ideal of womanhood
The very definition of womanhood is under attack, and womanhood matters.
- The very definition of womanhood is under attack, and womanhood matters.
- Then they want to take our womanhood and the terms that define it away from us.
- Why do so many young teenage girls suddenly decide that they want to leave womanhood?
- Her dress clung to her sturdy body, the nascent curves of womanhood beginning to show how she was laughing.
- And so I think there was a lot of common ground there and, and a lot to learn from each other about womanhood.
- You know, womanhood, mothers are under attack.
- Was hoping that my body would start eating the remaining evidence of my womanhood.
Examples
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It's a celebration of womanhood.
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In the nineteenth century, most women internalized prevailing values that true womanhood equated to a "cult of domesticity."
Academic text (2012) -
The very definition of womanhood is under attack, and womanhood matters.
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But for young women, on the threshold of womanhood, it was a different matter.
Academic text (1993) -
Historically, marriage is one of the early steps toward evolving out of girlhood and into womanhood.
Academic text (2012) -
Welcome to womanhood.
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You will never know the joys of seeing them grow into young manhood and womanhood.
Fiction book (1998) -
Unlike many learned women who preceded and followed her, Zayas hailed her womanhood as the power behind her idiosyncratic voice.
Academic text (1994) -
This weekend, over half a million black women of all sizes, shades, from all different socioeconomic backgrounds are descending on the Crescent City to celebrate black womanhood in all its glorious forms.
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For many, the journey into womanhood is filled with unique challenges and experiences.
Synonyms
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3.4
A set of qualities often seen in women, like gentleness and grace
1
5.8
The state of being a woman, girl, or an animal that can have young
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4.9
The quality of being gentle, caring, and graceful often linked to females
1
7.0
Qualities and feelings that show a person is an adult female
The state of being a woman
Qualities or style people think belong to women, like gentle manner and dress
Compounds
Women often face difficulties in society and personal life because of their gender
How Feminine
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Womanhood comes from woman + the old suffix -hood, which means 'state' or 'condition', just like in childhood. So womanhood is the state of being a woman and the qualities or experiences that go with that stage of life.