womanhood
noun
wom·an·hood
ˈwu̇-mən-ˌhu̇d 
especially Southern ˈwō-,
or ˈwə-
Synonyms
Examples of womanhood in a Sentence
a young girl on the verge of womanhood
What is your view of womanhood?
The book is a celebration of womanhood.
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Recently, Charli has been fascinated by a different widespread practice that extends beyond the boundaries of the music industry and bleeds into the general experience of womanhood.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024
Waters is interested less in competition than in the deals that made Germany the host of the 1936 Olympics, and led Hitler’s sympathizers to begin the sporting industry’s ongoing project of defining womanhood.
—The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
The idea that pageantry offers a safe space to celebrate womanhood is central to the mythology of the institution.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 29 May 2024
The author, a Zambian lawyer and writer, examines the cost of womanhood through the voices of 12 Zambian women and girls.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 9 June 2024
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024
Waters is interested less in competition than in the deals that made Germany the host of the 1936 Olympics, and led Hitler’s sympathizers to begin the sporting industry’s ongoing project of defining womanhood.
—The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
The idea that pageantry offers a safe space to celebrate womanhood is central to the mythology of the institution.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 29 May 2024
The author, a Zambian lawyer and writer, examines the cost of womanhood through the voices of 12 Zambian women and girls.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 9 June 2024
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“Womanhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/womanhood. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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womanhood
noun
wom·an·hood
ˈwu̇m-ən-ˌhu̇d
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