femininity

ˌfɛmɪˈnɪnɪti

femininities

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Definition of femininity - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

social identitybeing seen as womanlike, with traits culturally linked to females

Her speech and clothing signaled femininity to everyone at the ceremony.
The novel explores masculinity and femininity in modern society.
She struggled to reconcile her career ambitions with traditional femininity.

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toxic femininity

behaviors by women that harm others or themselves

Her toxic femininity made it hard for her to form genuine friendships.

Origin of femininity

Latin, femina (woman)

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girly

adj.

style

showing qualities often linked to girls or femininity

girly girl

femininity

girl who likes traditionally feminine activities

eternal feminine

ideal

idealized concept of timeless femininity

girlish

adj.

femininity

characterized by femininity or delicacy

defeminise

reduce femininity

make less feminine

girlishly

adv.

femininity

in a feminine and youthful manner

petticoated

adj.

feminine

associated with femininity or women

womanliness

femininity

qualities traditionally associated with women

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French:féminité, ...
German:Weiblichkeit, ...
Italian:femminilità, ...
Spanish:feminidad, ...
Portuguese:feminilidade, ...
Chinese:女性气质, ...
Japanese:女性らしさ, ...
Arabic:أُنُوثَة, ...
Hebrew:נְשִׁיּוּת, ...
Russian:женственность, ...
Ukrainian:жіночність, ...
Hindi:नारीत्व, ...
Bengali:নারীত্ব, ...
Catalan:feminitat, ...
Czech:feminita, ...
Danish:femininitet, ...
Dutch:vrouwelijkheid, ...
Greek:θηλυκότητα, ...
Hungarian:nőiesség, ...
Khmer:ភាពជាស្ត្រី, ...
Korean:여성성, ...
Persian:زنانه‌گی, ...
Polish:kobiecość, ...
Portuguese (BR):feminilidade, ...
Romanian:feminitate, ...
Swedish:femininitet, ...
Thai:ความเป็นผู้หญิง, ...
Turkish:dişilik, ...
Vietnamese:nữ tính, ...

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Definition of femininity - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

Expressions with femininity

Origin of femininity

Terms related to femininity

Terms with femininity included in their meaning

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