womanless
- adjective
- /ˈwʊmənləs/
:
sin feminidad
- The meeting was quite womanless, focusing solely on topics traditionally associated with masculinity.
Examples
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They complained that the event was excessively womanless, missing the perspectives that women often bring.
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The genteel tradition is the Century Association in NY and the Colonial Society in Boston; it is the academic, the pleasant -- and the womanless.
Academic text (2011) -
His party felt womanless as there were no women invited to the gathering.
Synonyms
3
6.3
Behaving in a way people think is not polite for a woman
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6.7
Not having qualities people often expect in women
Not showing behavior people expect from a woman
Not acting in the way many people expect women to act
Antonyms
How Feminine
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word womanless comes from woman + -less, where -less means 'without', so it can also mean 'without qualities people often call feminine'. That's why someone might call a style, place, or work womanless when it seems to lack traits traditionally associated with women.