Meanings
nounwom*n (plural wom*n)
- rareFeminist spelling of woman or women.
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 531 more example
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
Origin
So as not to contain the word man or men.
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wom*n. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wom%2An
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“wom*n.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wom%2An. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wom*n,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wom%2An.
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