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modelhood

modelhood noun: the state or condition of being a model (all senses).

Noun

modelhood (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being a model (all senses).
    • Although it's not essential to the project at hand, let's slightly modify the usual notion of modelhood. Sense-bearing languages can contain empty designators, a phenomenon that was idealized away by the notion of modelhood just introduced.1990, George Boolos, Meaning and Method: Essays in Honor of Hilary Putnam, page 239
    • In short, the particularities of her history as a woman set up the conditions under which she could become a model; they cleared the ground for modelhood.2000, Barbara Entwisle, Gail Henderson, Re-drawing Boundaries: Work, Households, and Gender in China

Origin of modelhood

From model + -hood.

Questions about modelhood

What does modelhood mean?
Modelhood means the state or condition of being a model (all senses).
What part of speech is modelhood?
Modelhood is a noun.

Words near modelhood in the dictionary

  1. modelers
  2. modelesque
  3. modeless
  4. modelessly
  5. modelessness
  6. modelhood
  7. Modeliar
  8. Modeliare
  9. Modeliares
  10. Modeliars
  11. modelicious

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