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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(literature) A seductive style supposed to be associated with women writing for a female audience..
Jane Marcus illustrates how Woolf embeds "seductive sapphistry" in her works.
Use sapphistry when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sapphistry means (literature) A seductive style supposed to be associated with women writing for a female audience..
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Jane Marcus illustrates how Woolf embeds "seductive sapphistry" in her works.
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