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womanhood

womanhood

7 3.8
All female people in a society or culture considered together
  • noun
  • /ˈwʊmənhʊd/
translation icon : mujeres
  • Women often evoke and centralize metaphors of shared humanity and womanhood to bridge difference and dissonance.
  • black womanhood
  • womanhood and motherhood
  • ideal of womanhood

Now, being a trans non binary person, there's an issue with categorizing womanhood as a means of female.

Examples

  • In all of these, images of women and womanhood abound.

    Academic text (1998)
  • None of this was lost on Romy, whose previous example of womanhood was her mother: her life of love and privilege.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • This is our first step into womanhood.

  • No proper respect for our Southern womanhood.

  • Let us celebrate womanhood and let us celebrate democracy and let us celebrate woman power.

  • We will have a celebration of womanhood for you when we meet with the Sioux.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • By making it yourself, you do a service to womanhood in general.

  • This is our first step into womanhood.

  • Let us celebrate womanhood and let us celebrate democracy.

Synonyms

woman
vswomanhood
1.0

Adult females considered together as a group

is the same idea but used as the abstract state or quality
womenfolk
vswomanhood
  • Archaic
7 6.3

A group of women from the same family or community

refers more broadly to women as a social category rather than a specific unit
womankind
vswomanhood
6 4.0

All women considered as a group

does not stress contrast with men and focuses on the group as social category
fair sex
vswomanhood
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An old polite phrase for women that shows admiration

is neutral and modern describing the group without admiration or gallantry
sistren
vswomanhood
  • Jargon
1 9.9

Women who support each other and share common goals

refers more generally to the social category without implying special solidarity

Compounds

Women often face difficulties in society and personal life because of their gender

Surface Forms

womanhood singular
womanhoods plural

Morphology

womanhood = woman (transparent) = woman + hood

The collective or category sense is a predictable extension of 'state/condition' formed by '-hood' and remains inferable from the base.

Etymology

Womanhood can also mean women considered as a group; the -hood part can mean 'group' or 'community', as in brotherhood, so womanhood can mean women together as a social category.