as in femininity
the set of qualities traditionally considered appropriate for or characteristic of women she was the ideal of traditional Southern womanhood

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Recent Examples of womanhood People are getting robbed of not only their money and their spirituality, they’re getting robbed of their womanhood and manhood. Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 30 Oct. 2024 That included trying to help her daughter, a budding teenager, navigate her growing womanhood. Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024 Similarly, artist Miley Cyrus has spent her entire life in front of cameras, experiencing many of the growing pains of womanhood in the public eye. Milan Kordestani, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024 Yet to practitioners of today, Hollington’s vision is probably a more relatable form of womanhood. Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for womanhood 

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“Womanhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/womanhood. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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