Womanliness
11womanliness — noun the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female • Syn: ↑womanlike • Derivationally related forms: ↑womanly • Hypernyms: ↑femininity, ↑muliebrity …
12womanly — womanliness, womanness, n. /woom euhn lee/, adj. 1. like or befitting a woman; feminine; not masculine or girlish. adv. 2. in the manner of, or befitting, a woman. [1250 1300; ME wommanli(che). See WOMAN, LY] Syn. 2. WOMANLY, WOMANLIKE, WOMANISH… …
13History of feminism — The history of feminism is the history of feminist movements and their efforts to overturn injustices of gender inequality. Feminist scholars have divided feminism s history into three waves . Humm, Maggie. 1995. The Dictionary of Feminist Theory …
14Gender Trouble — (1990) by Judith Butler is a highly influential book in academic feminism and queer theory. It is also the book credited with creating the germinal notion of gender performativity. Chapter 1. Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire Butler begins Gender… …
15femininity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of being feminine] Syn. womanhood, femaleness, feminineness, femineity, muliebrity, womanliness, softness, gentleness, delicacy, feminine principle, yin; see also gentleness 2 , kindness 1 . 2. [Effeminacy] Syn.… …
16womanlike — I noun the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female • Syn: ↑womanliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑womanly (for: ↑womanliness) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
17fem|i|ne|i|ty — «FEHM uh NEE uh tee», noun, plural ties. = womanliness. (Cf. ↑womanliness) ╂[< Latin fēmineus (< fēmina woman) + English ity] …
18Femineity — Fem i*ne i*ty, n. [L. femineus womanly.] Womanliness; femininity. C. Reade. [1913 Webster] …
19Feminineness — Fem i*nine*ness, n. The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness. [1913 Webster] …
20Femininity — Fem i*nin i*ty, n. 1. The quality or nature of the female sex; womanliness. [1913 Webster] 2. The female form. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] O serpent under femininitee. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …
