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Definition of Feminineness
1. Noun. The properties characteristic of the female sex.
Generic synonyms: Gender, Sex, Sexuality
Derivative terms: Female, Female, Female, Feminine, Feminine
Antonyms: Maleness
Definition of Feminineness
1. n. The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness.
Definition of Feminineness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being feminine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feminineness
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Medical Definition of Feminineness
1. The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feminineness
Literary usage of Feminineness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works by John Ruskin (1894)
"Another thing noticeable as giving nobleness to the Vandyck is its feminineness:
the rich, light silken scarf, the flowing hair, the delicate, sharp, ..."
2. The Fight of Faith: Sermons Preached on Various Occasions by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1877)
"Tenderness gains judgment, sensitiveness loses its tendency to morbidness of
feeling, feminineness marries itself to courage, when they all are expended for ..."
3. Present Religion as a Faith Owning Fellowship with Thought by Sara Sophia Hennell (1873)
"The feminineness of the Woman's mind, namely, needs be accounted of as the higher,
or characteristic kind of feminineness ; as the ..."
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