womanhood
noun
Simple meaning
Being a woman, as contrasted with being a girl, man, boy.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
wuumuhnhuudSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈwʊmənhʊd
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The state of being an adult woman
The status of a woman
The state or condition of being a woman, as contrasted with being a girl, man, boy, or nonbinary.
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.
Women as a class
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: All of the women of a given place, area, or subgroup regarded collectively.
Used this way, womanhood is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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