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Sisterhood
//ˈsɪstɚˌhʊd// noun
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Noun
- 1 The state, or kinship of being sisters. countable, uncountable
- 2 a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns) wordnet
- 3 The quality of being sisterly; sisterly companionship; especially, the sense that women have of being in solidarity with one another. countable, uncountable
- 4 an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest wordnet
- 5 A religious society of women. countable, uncountable
"In contrast, she said, women join sisterhoods and do volunteer work for Jewish fundraising organizations that are run and dominated by men."
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- 6 the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings wordnet
- 7 The idea of universal experience amongst women, regardless of other traits or factors. (Considered obsolete in third-wave feminism.) countable, uncountable
"What does the rallying cry of sisterhood and the concept of feminism mean when last year, the majority of white, female voters chose whiteness as a political identity over womanhood?"
Etymology
From Middle English susterhede; equivalent to sister + -hood (with a modification in the suffix).
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