Femininity

Quick meaning: Femininity is a noun meaning The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.

Meaning

The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.

Example Sentences

One outcome of the idea of fluid masculinity and femininity is the notion of genderqueerness.

A contributing factor to this slightly regressive femininity may have been the sugary fabrics (silver lamé, tulle over sequins) and the meringuelike puffs and baby Googums bows at the neck.

It's almost eerie, in the wake of the Lawrence Summers controversy, to encounter the words of an earlier Harvard president, John Kirkland, a "friend and mentor" of Elizabeth's, who advised her that if any woman "is raised by genius and knowledge above the level of her sex, her neglect of attention appropriate to the best half of creation, attentions called femininities, will more than counterbalance all her advantages and reduce her below other women."

Word Forms

• femininities

Synonyms for femininity

Depending on context, synonyms include femineity, feminineness, womanlikeness.

Antonyms for femininity

Common opposites include manlikeness, masculinity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include womanhood, female, masculinity, womanliness, femaleness, ladylikeness.

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