Unwoman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unwoman is a verb meaning (transitive) To deprive of feminine qualities, or of the status of womanhood; to unsex.
Meaning
(transitive) To deprive of feminine qualities, or of the status of womanhood; to unsex.
More Meanings
- A woman devoid of rights, recognition, or typical female characteristics; a female unperson.
Example Sentences
‘[…] My love, so please you, shall requite No woman, whether dark or bright, Unwomaned if she be.’
By allowing herself and her unborn child to be executed, effectively she is permitting an abortion and by extension, becoming an “unwoman.”
Not all her anxiety for Arthur, not all her personal wretchedness, could unwoman the minister’s mother so much as to make her forgive or overlook Phœbe’s presumption.
“He says I am not feminine, that I act like a man, that I’m too aggressive. I say that he unwomans me, because he doesn’t do the man’s work in the home, and I have to—somebody has to! […]”
Word Forms
- unwomans
- unwomaning
- unwomanning
- unwomaned
- unwomanned
- unwomen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unwomanize, dewomanize, unman, dewomanise, unsex, effeminate.
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