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1. womanhood
noun. ['ˈwʊmənˌhʊd'] the state of being an adult woman.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -hood (English)
- -had (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- woman (English)
- woman (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Womanhood
- adulthood
- babyhood
- boyhood
- brotherhood
- childhood
- estatehood
- falsehood
- fatherhood
- girlhood
- knighthood
- likelihood
- livelihood
- manhood
- moshood
- motherhood
- nationhood
- neighborhood
- orahood
- parenthood
- robinhood
Sentences with womanhood
1. Noun, singular or mass
Putting the long hair up was symbolic of entering womanhood.
Quotes about womanhood
1. When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire body at all times, drawn by society and often religion and family and particularly other women, who somehow feel invested in how you behave, as if your actions reflect directly on all womanhood.
- M.E. Thomas, Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight