Sapphistry

noun

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Noun

1
A seductive style supposed to be associated with women writing for a female audience. uncountable
"Jane Marcus illustrates how Woolf embeds "seductive sapphistry" in her works."

Example

"Jane Marcus illustrates how Woolf embeds "seductive sapphistry" in her works."

Etymology

From sapphist + -ry, perhaps modelled on the word sophistry.

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