femaleness
/ˈfiːmeɪlnɪs/
femaleness noun: the characteristic, state or condition of being female.
Noun
femaleness (countable and uncountable, plural femalenesses)
- The characteristic, state or condition of being female.
- In hunting or agrarian societies dependent upon nature, femaleness was honored as an immanent principle of fertility.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
- Synonyms:
- feminineness, femininity
femaleness meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Arabic
femaleness in Urdu
- عورت پنا, زنانہ پن
femaleness in Bengali
- নারী হওয়ার বৈশিষ্ট্য, অবস্থা
femaleness in Arabic
- characteristic, state or condition of being female
- أُنُوثَة ʔunūṯa
Synonyms of femaleness
Forms of femaleness
| plural | femalenesses |
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Origin of femaleness
From female + -ness.
Questions about femaleness
- What does femaleness mean?
- Femaleness means the characteristic, state or condition of being female.
- What is femaleness in Urdu?
- Femaleness in Urdu is عورت پنا, زنانہ پن. See Femaleness meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is femaleness?
- Femaleness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce femaleness?
- Femaleness is pronounced /ˈfiːmeɪlnɪs/.
- What is the plural of femaleness?
- The plural of femaleness is femalenesses.
Words near femaleness in the dictionary
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