Femaleness

//ˈfiːmeɪlnɪs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic, state or condition of being female. countable, uncountable

    "In hunting or agrarian societies dependent upon nature, femaleness was honored as an immanent principle of fertility."

  2. 2
    the properties characteristic of the female sex wordnet

Synonyms

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femininenessfemalehoodfemalehoodfemininenessfemininityfemininity

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"In hunting or agrarian societies dependent upon nature, femaleness was honored as an immanent principle of fertility."

Etymology

From female + -ness.

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