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Recent Examples of femininity from the Web
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With white clothing strictly the order of the day on court at SW19, McCartney has taken inspiration from vintage lingerie creating dresses that emphasize femininity.
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Her genteel manners and femininity coexist easily with her toughness.
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Howe, though, gives her the spirit of an early feminist, even as the rough-and-tumble Oakley discovers her own sense of femininity, growing from a wild, illiterate girl into a wise woman who discovers both love and her own place in the world.
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Drag kings & drag queens: People, some who are straight and cisgender, who perform either masculinity or femininity as a form of art.
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Strength Is Her Femininity Follow Marie Claire on Facebook for the latest celeb news, beauty tips, fascinating reads, livestream video, and more.
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In this tale, impetuous, distrustful masculinity meets mysterious, veiled femininity, which proves to be a combustible combination on contact.
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Long hair, on the other hand, communicates femininity in a number of ways, some of them related to how women should not just look but behave.
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In this tale, impetuous, distrustful masculinity meets mysterious, veiled femininity, which proves to be a combustible combination on contact.
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First Known Use of femininity
14th century
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femininity
playMedical Definition of femininity
femininities
: the quality or nature of the female sex
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