Spinsterhood

Synonyms for "spinsterhood" (26 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Strong matches (7)

Noun(2 words)
cultural constructmarital pattern

Related words (13)

monasticismsingle blessednesssingle statesinglenessunwed statevirgin statevirginity
Noun(6 words)
social narrativestereotypeunmarried lifeunmarried prevalenceunmarried statusunwed state

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

6 entries
cultural ideademographylife course stagemarital statuspopulation studiessocial concept

More specific

6 entries
age at marriage distributionfertility impactold maidold maid stereotyperomantic spinsterspinsterette

Collocations

5 entries
life in spinsterhoodold maid stereotypespinsterhood stigmastate of spinsterhoodunmarried status

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

sheʼs long ago resigned herself to eternal spinsterhood, to a future without the joys of marriage and motherhood

Source: wiktionary

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