womanface
Syllables: wo·man·face/ˈwʊ.mənˌfeɪs/
womanface noun: women's clothing or a female presentation adopted by men or people assigned male at birth, likened to blackface.
Noun
womanface (uncountable)
- Women's clothing or a female presentation adopted by men or people assigned male at birth, likened to blackface.
- Her teacher, Mrs. Calcagni, who Shirley characterized to her friends as an “Uncle Tom in womanface,” hated girls who, in her view, “tried to be smarter than everybody,” which meant smarter than the boys, too.2013 October 24, Sol Stein, Living Room, Untreed Reads, →ISBN
- “Molly's people found, well, I don't know what you'd call it—a hive, let's say, of male prostitutes in womanface. But that's not why I called you here.” She flipped the page and smoothed it down gently. “I want you in Raymond tomorrow[…]2022 February 22, Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt, Tor Nightfire, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- girlface
Examples of womanface in a sentence
- But transphobes still managed to lose their minds, accusing Mulvaney of doing “womanface.”[2022 October 17, Jessica Washington, “Transphobes Are Losing Their Minds Over This ULTA Campaign”, in The Root, retrieved 25 Aug 2024:
- “I view men dressing as women as a form of ‘womanface,’” wrote Forstater.2023 February 10, Elise Avery, quoting Maya Forstater, “Explaining the J.K. Rowling Controversy Surrounding Hogwarts Legacy”, in The...
- If blackface is racist, then surely “womanface” is sexist.2023 June 16, Madeleine Kearns, “Transgenderism Is the New Blackface”, in National Review:
Synonyms of womanface
Origin of womanface
From woman + face, modeled on blackface.
Questions about womanface
- What does womanface mean?
- Womanface means women's clothing or a female presentation adopted by men or people assigned male at birth, likened to blackface.
- How do you use womanface in a sentence?
- But transphobes still managed to lose their minds, accusing Mulvaney of doing “womanface.”
- What part of speech is womanface?
- Womanface is a noun.
- How do you pronounce womanface?
- Womanface is pronounced /ˈwʊ.mənˌfeɪs/.
Words near womanface in the dictionary
Source and license
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