ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Femmeness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Femmeness is a noun meaning The state or quality of being femme.

Meaning

The state or quality of being femme.

Example Sentences

I suggest that anyone who is queer and feels an affinity toward femmeness has a legitimate claim to it.
What is the appeal of femmeness since it doesn't have the obvious attractions of maleness, i.e. power and privilege, associated with it?
Some femmes share heterosexual pasts, some pass through butchness before they arrive at femmeness, some move back and forth between boy identities and woman identities.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include feminineness, femaleness, masculineness, feminality, femineity, womanlikeness.

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