femininity
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fem·i·nine
(fĕm′ə-nĭn)adj.
1. Of or relating to women or girls.
2. Characterized by or possessing qualities traditionally attributed to women, such as demureness.
3. Effeminate; womanish.
4. Grammar Relating or belonging to the gender of words or forms that refer chiefly to females or to things grammatically classified as female.
n. Grammar
1. The feminine gender.
2. A word or form belonging to the feminine gender.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina, woman; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
fem′i·nine·ly adv.
fem′i·nine·ness, fem′i·nin′i·ty (-nĭn′ĭ-tē) n.
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femininity
(ˌfɛmɪˈnɪnɪtɪ)n
1. the quality of being feminine
2. womanhood
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fem•i•nin•i•ty
(ˌfɛm əˈnɪn ɪ ti)n.
1. the quality of being feminine; womanliness.
2. women collectively.
3. effeminacy.
Sometimes, fe•min•i•ty (fɪˈmɪn ɪ ti) [1350–1400]
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| Noun | 1. | femininity - the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature womanlike, womanliness - the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female ladylikeness - behavior befitting a lady maidenliness - behavior befitting a young maiden girlishness - being characteristic of a girl masculinity - the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men |
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femininity
noun womanliness, delicacy, softness, womanhood, gentleness, girlishness, feminineness, muliebrity the drudgery behind the ideology of motherhood and femininity
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femininity
noun1. The quality or condition of being feminine:
2. Women in general:
3. The quality of being effeminate:
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Translations
أنوثَه
ženskost
femininitetkvindelighed
kvenleiki
dişilikkadınlık
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femininity
n → Weiblichkeit f
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feminine
(ˈfeminin) adjective1. of a woman. a feminine voice.
2. with all the essential qualities of a woman. She was a very feminine person.
3. in certain languages, of one of usually two or three genders of nouns etc.
ˌfemiˈninity noun the quality of being feminine. She never used her femininity to win the argument.
ˈfeminism noun the thought and actions of people who want to make women's (legal, political, social etc) rights equal to those of men.
ˈfeminist noun a supporter of feminism.
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femininity
n. feminidad;
___ complex → complejo de ___.
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