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womanhood

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of womanhood

the set of qualities traditionally considered appropriate for or characteristic of women
  • she was the ideal of traditional Southern womanhood
Synonyms of womanhood

femininity, feminity, muliebrity, womanishness, womanliness
Words Related to womanhood

femaleness, girlishness

effeminacy, effeteness

girlhood, maidenhood
Near Antonyms of womanhood

androgyny

boyishness, mannishness, tomboyishness
Antonyms of womanhood

manhood, manliness, masculinity, virility

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