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WOMANHOOD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The status of a woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Derivation:

woman (women as a class)

woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Women as a class

Example:

the fair sex gathered on the veranda

Synonyms:

fair sex; woman; womanhood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

class; social class; socio-economic class; stratum (people having the same social, economic, or educational status)

Holonyms ("womanhood" is a member of...):

womankind (women as distinguished from men)

Derivation:

woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Sense 3

Meaning:

The state of being an adult woman

Synonyms:

muliebrity; womanhood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

adulthood (the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity)

Derivation:

woman (women as a class)

woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Credits