womanhood

Meanings

Plural: womanhoods

Noun

• the state of being an adult woman
• women as a class
  • "it's an insult to American womanhood"
• the status of a woman
• The state or condition of being a woman, as contrasted with being a girl, man, boy, or nonbinary.
• All of the women of a given place, area, or subgroup regarded collectively.
• The idealized nature of a woman: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness regarded collectively.
• The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.
• The female genitalia, especially the vulva.

Synonyms

fair sex, muliebrity, woman, womanishness, womankind[universal]] or worldwide>, womanliness

Antonyms

manhood, mankind, manliness, mannishness

Related Words

boyhood, childhood, girlhood, trans womanhood