superheroine
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- noun
- /ˌsuːpərˈhɛroʊɪn/
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superheroína
- Wonder Woman originates in an era that saw the entirety of America mobilize for the war effort, making possible a superheroine who was comparable, if not quite equal, to her male counterparts in her assertiveness, strength, and independence.
- representation of the superheroine
Examples
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Even for women who never read a comic book or saw a screen adaptation of a comic book story, the symbol of the superheroine was influential to their lives by its feminist association as a symbol of personal empowerment.
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It's nice to be able to play a superheroine who has a past.
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Once Sue was pregnant, however, the problem of what to do with a pregnant superheroine proved cumbersome for The Fantastic Four.
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Especially during this period, superheroines challenged those expectations.
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There was undoubtedly subversiveness in the superheroine, particularly in her relationship to women's rights.
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While other superheroines look to marriage, Supergirl aspires to an equal working partnership.
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The superheroine is a gendered body of contradiction, at once conservative and liberal, traditional and radical.
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Since the superheroine was founded on characteristics of strength and independence, her ideological connection to mothers is empowering.
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One of the most enduring ways that Wonder Woman, and by extension all superheroines, has affected American cultural identity is by association with the symbol of the supermom.
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The superheroine bravely fought against the villains to protect her city.
Synonyms
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A fictional person with special powers who protects people and fights evil
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A woman respected for being brave or doing great things
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A person with special powers in a story, like a hero
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A woman in stories who has very strong or special powers and saves people
How Heroic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Superheroine comes from super, the same 'super' you find in supermarket meaning 'above' or 'very', and heroine meaning 'female hero'. So a superheroine is a woman who is a very powerful hero with extra powers beyond normal humans.