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womanhood

noun

The state or condition of being an adult female human being, as distinguished from a child or a man Compare adulthood. Contrast manhood and childhood.

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Word length
9
Starts with
W
Ends with
D
Contains
OM
Scrabble score
18
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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/ˈwʊmənhʊd/

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noun

  1. The state or condition of being an adult female human being, as distinguished from a child or a man Compare adulthood. Contrast manhood and childhood.

  2. All of the adult female human beingss of a given locality, region, district, country, nation or state, or all of the adult female humans pertaining to a given human subgroup (culture, ethnicity, race, etc.), regarded collectively

  3. The idealized nature of an adult female human: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness, as regarded collectively

  4. The self-concept of a woman (an adult female human being) 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.

  5. The female genitalia, especially the vulva

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