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[ woom-uhn-hood ] / ˈwʊm ənˌhʊd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR womanhood ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe state of being a woman; womanly character or qualities. women collectively: American womanhood. Origin of womanhoodA Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at woman, -hood Words nearby womanhoodwoman about town, woman-chaser, woman-day, womanfully, woman-hater, womanhood, woman-hour, woman in the street, womanish, womanist, womanize Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for womanhoodThe novel is a near perfect portrayal of the emotions of a young girl on the cusp of womanhood. These Female Contemporaries Weren’t Afraid of Virginia Woolf|Louisa Treger|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Those were the valuable aspects of womanhood at the time: being pretty and even-tempered and sweet. The ‘Maleficent’ Screenwriter Also Wrote ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’|Kevin Fallon|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Many of the poems are diagrams and puzzles that seek to look at love, womanhood, motherhood, and the longing for God in new ways. Exclusive: The National Book Awards Longlist for Poetry|The Daily Beast|September 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST Ten dollars, and her little girl, Soheir, would be ready to take her first step on the road to womanhood. Egypt’s Terrible FGM Death|Alastair Beach|June 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Together, they hover on the edge of reality, dangerously poised somewhere between girlhood and womanhood. This Week’s Hot Reads: September 3, 2012|Mythili Rao|September 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST Health in manhood and womanhood depends on how the health is cared for in childhood. Health Lessons|Alvin Davison When Eve ate that particular apple, she became aware of her own womanhood, mentally. Fantasia of the Unconscious|D. H. Lawrence Genius is ever in quiet complicity with womanhood, and leaves it in that half-obscurity which is its greatest power. Rodin: The Man and his Art|Judith Cladel When material things are found superior to true manhood and womanhood, they must be reversed. The law was made for man; the claims and instincts of womanhood must override the decrees of any Consistory Court. Lola Montez|Edmund B. d'Auvergne
British Dictionary definitions for womanhood
nounthe state or quality of being a woman or being womanly women collectively Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to womanhoodability, experience, sophistication, capability, manhood, wisdom, maturation, sexuality, gentleness, prime, estate, maturity, seniority, development, cultivation, completion, readiness, mentality, advancement, majority |