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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This aggressive measure was taken when it was discovered that Schmitt’s religious beliefs regarding manhood and womanhood conflict with the secular creed of the state.
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Dan Miller, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Friendship, womanhood, Blackness and aging gracefully collide in a new novel from Angela Flournoy.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
This idealized notion of fragile Southern womanhood was used to justify the Jim Crow system of segregation for decades.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
The subject of womanhood is also an issue, and the marginalization of women and girls in both Eastern and Western societies is a theme alluded to in the film’s irony-laden title.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
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Dan Miller, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Friendship, womanhood, Blackness and aging gracefully collide in a new novel from Angela Flournoy.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
This idealized notion of fragile Southern womanhood was used to justify the Jim Crow system of segregation for decades.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
The subject of womanhood is also an issue, and the marginalization of women and girls in both Eastern and Western societies is a theme alluded to in the film’s irony-laden title.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for womanhood
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“Womanhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/womanhood. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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