femininity
Syllables: fem·i·nin·i·ty/fɛmɪˈnɪnɪti/
femininity noun: the sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.
Noun
femininity (usually uncountable, plural femininities)
- The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.
- It's almost eerie, in the wake of the Lawrence Summers controversy, to encounter the words of an earlier Harvard president, John Kirkland, a "friend and mentor" of Elizabeth's, who advised her that if any woman "is raised by genius and knowledge above the level of her sex, her neglect of attention...2005 April 17, Francine Rose, “'The Peabody Sisters': Reflected Glory”, in The New York Times
- A contributing factor to this slightly regressive femininity may have been the sugary fabrics (silver lamé, tulle over sequins) and the meringuelike puffs and baby Googums bows at the neck.2007 February 6, Cathy Horyn, “Young Spirits, One of Them an Old Master”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- feminineness, womanlikeness, woman, femineity
- Antonyms:
- manlikeness, masculinity
femininity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
femininity in Hindi
- femininity
- स्त्रीत्व strītva, नारीत्व nārītva, स्त्रीता strītā, स्त्रैणता straiṇtā
femininity in Tamil
- femininity
- பெண்மை peṇmai
femininity in Marathi
- femininity
- बाईपण bāīpaṇ, स्त्रीत्व strītva
femininity in Urdu
- femininity
- نسائیت nisāiyat
More languagesFewer languages
- femininity in Bengali
- নারীত্ব
- femininity in Telugu
- ఆడతనం āḍatanaṁ
- femininity in Malayalam
- പെണ്മ peṇma
- femininity in Kannada
- ಸ್ತ್ರೀತ್ವ
- femininity in Gujarati
- સ્ત્રીત્વ, નારીત્વ
- femininity in Odia
- ନାରୀତ୍ବ, ନାରୀତ୍ୱ
- femininity in Nepali
- स्त्रीत्व
- femininity in Arabic
- اُنوثة
- femininity in Persian
- زنانگی zanânegi
Examples of femininity in a sentence
- Her boyish figure belied her femininity.
- She's miming a commodified femininity, and comes across as if she's imitating a drag-queen imitating Beyoncé.
- As Stephen Ducat explains, homophobia has its roots in femophobia, or men's fear of their own femininity.
Synonyms of femininity
Antonyms
Forms of femininity
| plural | femininities |
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Origin of femininity
From Middle English femynynytee, femyninytee, variants of femynyte (archaic modern English feminity), equivalent to feminine + -ity.
Words formed from femininity
Questions about femininity
- What does femininity mean?
- Femininity means the sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.
- What is femininity in Hindi?
- Femininity in Hindi is स्त्रीत्व (strītva), नारीत्व (nārītva), स्त्रीता (strītā). See Femininity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is femininity?
- Femininity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce femininity?
- Femininity is pronounced /fɛmɪˈnɪnɪti/.
- What is the plural of femininity?
- The plural of femininity is femininities.
Words near femininity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: femininity (page history and authors); نسائیت (Urdu) (page history and authors); femininity (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); പെണ്മ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); femininity (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); femininity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); femininity (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); femininity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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