Sisterhood

Quick meaning: Sisterhood is a noun meaning The state, or kinship of being sisters.

Meaning

The state, or kinship of being sisters.

More Meanings

1. The quality of being sisterly; sisterly companionship; especially, the sense that women have of being in solidarity with one another.
2. A religious society of women.
3. (feminism) The idea of universal experience amongst women, regardless of other traits or factors. (Considered obsolete in third-wave feminism.)

Example Sentences

In a terrible way, I’ve never felt more part of a sisterhood or more certain that pain is shared within that family.

In contrast, she said, women join sisterhoods and do volunteer work for Jewish fundraising organizations that are run and dominated by men.

What does the rallying cry of sisterhood and the concept of feminism mean when last year, the majority of white, female voters chose whiteness as a political identity over womanhood?

Word Forms

• sisterhoods

Synonyms for sisterhood

Depending on context, synonyms include sistership, womanhood.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sistership, kinship, brotherliness, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority.

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