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[ fem-uh-nin-i-tee ] / ˌfɛm əˈnɪn ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR femininity ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe quality of being feminine; womanliness. women collectively. effeminacy. Also fe·min·i·ty [fi-min-i-tee]. /fɪˈmɪn ɪ ti/. Origin of femininityFirst recorded in 1350–1400, femininity is from the Middle English word femininite.See feminine, -ity OTHER WORDS FROM femininityhy·per·fem·i·nin·i·ty, nouno·ver·fem·i·nin·i·ty, nounsu·per·fem·i·nin·i·ty, nounWords nearby femininityfemineity, feminine, feminine caesura, feminine ending, feminine rhyme, femininity, femininity complex, feminism, feminist, feminization, feminize Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for femininityOne of the ways Fincher and his screenwriter Gillian Flynn accomplished this feat of “femininity” was to give Amy agency. Oral Sex Comes of Age in Hollywood: ‘Gone Girl’ the Latest Film to Showcase Female Pleasure|Marlow Stern|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Bratis, who trained in Athens, creates pieces of “femininity and pure elegance without artifice.” Is This the End of CR Fashion Book?; Armani Names New Protégé|The Fashion Beast Team|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST To men, long hair on a woman is a turn-on because it signifies fertility and clichéd ideas of femininity. Goodbye Pixie Cut, Hello Lob: The Haircut Taking Over Hollywood|Erin Cunningham|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Once I was pregnant, I embraced my own femininity and settled into my role as decision maker and proprietor. Yes, Women Can Make Great Wine|Jordan Salcito|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They try to express their vision of Valentino but with the same attributes—beauty, romance, femininity, and fragility. Giancarlo Giammetti’s Private Life Captured in “Private GG”|Erin Cunningham|October 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST German femininity was assumed to be of a predominating excellence to match that of German masculinity. I think a little touch of femininity might improve Miss Burgoyne, for example. Prince Fortunatus|William Black It was an agitation as perfect in its femininity as she herself was. T. Tembarom|Frances Hodgson Burnett Masculine Tinkletown dozed while femininity chattered to its heart's content. The Daughter of Anderson Crow|George Barr McCutcheon It is coquette, this artificiality, it shows that desire to please which is the fundamental principle of French femininity. In Vanity Fair|Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
British Dictionary definitions for femininity
nounthe quality of being feminine womanhood 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 femininitygentleness, womanhood, muliebrity, delicacy, effeminateness, feminineness, softness, kindness, womanliness, docility, femineity |