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
On a rare rainy Friday afternoon in mid-October, Lozen Brown-Lopez stood quietly on a blanket, awaiting the beginning of her induction into womanhood.
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Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
The film’s focus on the mother-daughter relationship helped audiences explore coming of age and the experience of womanhood.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Main Rose is about embracing womanhood and pleasure, which informed the brand’s name.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
In fashion, for instance, designers like Simone Rocha, Molly Goddard, Chopova Lowena, and Jenny Fax have crafted personal visions of girlhood and early womanhood.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
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Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
The film’s focus on the mother-daughter relationship helped audiences explore coming of age and the experience of womanhood.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Main Rose is about embracing womanhood and pleasure, which informed the brand’s name.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
In fashion, for instance, designers like Simone Rocha, Molly Goddard, Chopova Lowena, and Jenny Fax have crafted personal visions of girlhood and early womanhood.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for womanhood
Noun
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These women were redefining what constitutes beauty, femininity and resilience by fearlessly displaying the raw, unfiltered truth of bodies changed by illness and treatment.—
Tabitha Britt,
Flow Space,
30 Oct. 2025
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Reflecting Miuccia Prada’s ongoing engagement with stories of femininity and women’s lives, the project expanded Marten’s practice—spanning sculpture, painting, drawing, video, and writing—to include performance for the first time.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Oct. 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 6 Nov. 2025.
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