as in femininity
the set of qualities traditionally considered appropriate for or characteristic of women
she was the ideal of traditional Southern womanhood
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Recent Examples of womanhood
Shapiro chronicles the couple’s reach, as Putnam stamped Amelia’s imprimatur onto (white) American womanhood, a prototype still among us: role model for younger women, professional and practical, efficient by day, elegant by night.
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Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Lorde sings about a transitional period of womanhood marked by pregnancy tests, gender-identity explorations, body-image issues, crises of confidence, and a shattering breakup with her partner of seven years.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
From there, Byron embarks on a journey toward womanhood but gets embroiled in deeply coercive and often uncomfortable relationships along the way.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
Marinos, born Marina, decided to renounce womanhood and live with his father at the monastery as a man.
—Sarah Barringer, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Lorde sings about a transitional period of womanhood marked by pregnancy tests, gender-identity explorations, body-image issues, crises of confidence, and a shattering breakup with her partner of seven years.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
From there, Byron embarks on a journey toward womanhood but gets embroiled in deeply coercive and often uncomfortable relationships along the way.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
Marinos, born Marina, decided to renounce womanhood and live with his father at the monastery as a man.
—Sarah Barringer, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for womanhood
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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
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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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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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“Womanhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/womanhood. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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