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wom*n

wom*n noun: feminist spelling of woman or women.

Noun

wom*n (plural wom*n)

  1. (rare) Feminist spelling of woman or women.
    • You have only got to imagine yourselves a wom*n in the ivory tower with mind, body and heartlines bursting with the fullness of theory, experience and emotion that is writing.2016 November 25, Elizabeth Mackinlay, Teaching and Learning Like a Feminist: Storying Our Experiences in Higher Education, Springer, →ISBN, page 7
    • These sexist paradigms force us to constantly compare and judge other wom*n in order to exist for the male gaze.2020, Lot's Wife Edition 4, Lot's Wife, page 53

Forms of wom*n

pluralwom*n

Origin of wom*n

So as not to contain the word man or men.

Questions about wom*n

What does wom*n mean?
Wom*n means feminist spelling of woman or women.
What part of speech is wom*n?
Wom*n is a noun.
What is the plural of wom*n?
The plural of wom*n is wom*n.

Words near wom*n in the dictionary

  1. wolvish
  2. wolvishly
  3. Wolynetz
  4. Wolyniec
  5. WOM
  6. wom*n
  7. woma
  8. woma python
  9. woma pythons
  10. Womac
  11. Womack

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