womanhood
- noun
- /ˈwʊmənhʊd/
- 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.
- Now, being a trans non binary person, there's an issue with categorizing womanhood as a means of female.
Examples
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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.
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No proper respect for our Southern womanhood.
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Let us celebrate womanhood and let us celebrate democracy and let us celebrate woman power.
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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.
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This is our first step into womanhood.
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Let us celebrate womanhood and let us celebrate democracy.
Synonyms
Adult females considered together as a group
A group of women from the same family or community
All women considered as a group
An old polite phrase for women that shows admiration
Women who support each other and share common goals
Compounds
Women often face difficulties in society and personal life because of their gender
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.