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FEMININENESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The properties characteristic of the female sex

Synonyms:

femaleness; feminineness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("feminineness" is a kind of...):

gender; sex; sexuality (the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles)

Derivation:

feminine (associated with women and not with men)

feminine (befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman)

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