womynhood

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noun

Feminist spelling of womanhood

OriginProto-Germanic *haiduz ← Proto-Indo-European *keyt- ← English womyn →
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Meanings

nounwomynhood (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableFeminist spelling of womanhood

    Reclaiming my true womynhood, learning to truly know and love myself and other wimmin has taken time.

    1980, Susan J Wolfe, Julia Penelope, The Coming Out Stories
    2 more examples

    Indeed, the opera recovers the bound and raped bodies of Afro-Asian womynhood as evidence of the need for a transracial feminist dialectic...

    2004, Bill Mullen, Afro-Orientalism

    In one brave and defiant performance, she redefined the patriarchal constructions of beauty, femininity, and womynhood for all who saw her.

    2008, Laurie J Kendall, The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival

Origin

  1. Englishwomyn
  2. Proto-Indo-European*keyt-
  3. Proto-Germanic*haiduz
  4. Englishwomynhood

From womyn + -hood.

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Translations

French féminitude
  • féminitudefeminist definition of feminity
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APA

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Chicago

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