Definition of womanhood
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Examples of womanhood in a Sentence
a young girl on the verge of womanhood
What is your view of womanhood?
The book is a celebration of womanhood.
Recent Examples of womanhood from the Web
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Both works swim around in the vernacular of black womanhood, exploring how the black female identity is formed and expressed under surveillance.
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The rest of the book both expands and makes exact the roots of memory, madness and womanhood implied here.
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A Seat at the Table that celebrated black womanhood and the black experience.
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At the heart of Leibovitz’s portfolio is a refreshing portrayal of modern, multifaceted womanhood, with Williams leading by example.
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The girls are agitated to varying degrees by having a man in their midst, including the oldest among them, a teen (Elle Fanning) who may be a little closer to womanhood than her stewards realize.
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As women achieve more milestones toward gender parity in film (and there’s still a long way to go), steps toward equality don’t always have to be positive or uplifting images of womanhood.
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A thoughtful, complex, feminist book that artfully mines the fun-house insanity of 21st century American womanhood by a uniquely talented writer who knows not to put forth any answers, only more questions.
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As women achieve more milestones toward gender parity in film (and there’s still a long way to go to), steps toward equality don’t always have to be positive or uplifting images of womanhood.
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First Known Use of womanhood
15th century
WOMANHOOD Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of womanhood for English Language Learners
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: the state or condition of being an adult woman and no longer a girl
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: women in general
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