as in femininity
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Noun
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So, pictures came about, memories of girls who were kind of stuck in their position in the family, in the world, in their femininity.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025 -
Those traits can be seen in Bahnsen’s work, which is fanciful yet wearable, marking a departure from old ideas of femininity where clothing had to be tight and short (and subsequently uncomfortable).—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
4 Aug. 2025
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And both the book and the film offered historically nonsensical versions of the Klan as an honorable and chivalrous group fighting for social justice and the virtue of white womanhood.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
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What could Taylor Swift be saying about fame, womanhood?—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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An Interview with Marlowe Granados Isabel Slone The author of Happy Hour on charm as currency, the resilience of feminity, and getting away with things.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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Margaux's suede version, in particular, will add a touch of feminity to any dressed-up or dressed-down look.—
Roxanne Adamiyatt,
Town & Country,
15 Aug. 2023
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“Girlishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlishness. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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