hyperfeminine
adjective
hy·per·fem·i·nine
ˌhī-pər-ˈfe-mə-nən 
variants
or hyper-feminine
: extremely or excessively feminine
Born in London in 1905 to a distant father and a hyperfeminine mother who despised her daughter's bookish ways, Challans entered nursing school in her late 20s, seeking life experience and escape from her parents' home.—
Andy Dehnart
Andy Dehnart
hyperfemininity
noun
or hyper-femininity
… exudes an esthetic hyperfemininity that goes beyond female.
—Lise Friedman
Lise Friedman
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A lot of it also is that hypermasculine, hyperfeminine gender-role thing going on in mainstream pop.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 3 June 2021
But the genre does seem to take cues from Monroe’s bubbly public persona — and her apparent enjoyment of being a beautiful, hyperfeminine woman.
—Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022
An example of that formality was a return to a hyperfeminine hourglass silhouette, balancing exaggerated proportions and actual inflatables.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2023
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Joe Lynch, Billboard, 3 June 2021
But the genre does seem to take cues from Monroe’s bubbly public persona — and her apparent enjoyment of being a beautiful, hyperfeminine woman.
—Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022
An example of that formality was a return to a hyperfeminine hourglass silhouette, balancing exaggerated proportions and actual inflatables.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2023
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“Hyperfeminine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyperfeminine. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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