maidenhood

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Recent Examples of maidenhood Even so, the belief in Mary’s life-long maidenhood is widely shared by members of the Eastern Orthodox Church and by some Lutherans. Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maidenhood
Noun
  • Nonfiction narratives that students both read and produce serve as counter-narratives to the oppressive and harmful tropes in media more generally about Black girls and girlhood.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This novel also clicked for sympathetic girlhood reasons.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The researchers theorized this could be in part because of greater stigma toward effeminacy in boys than masculinity in girls.
    Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Other historians point to the color being linked to effeminacy.
    AJ Willingham, CNN, 25 June 2023
Noun
  • These series reject the streamer bloat of our last decade and rip through story, embracing the breakneck pacing and dynamic rhythms of soap operas while also plunging into of-the-moment anxiety over backsliding feminist gains and uncertainty about exactly what kind of womanhood is aspirational.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Slowly pieces of my womanhood are taken away.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Maidenhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maidenhood. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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