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femininity

[ fem-uh-nin-i-tee ]

/ ˌfɛm əˈnɪn ɪ ti /

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noun

the quality of being feminine; womanliness.

women collectively.

effeminacy.

Also fe·min·i·ty

[fi-min-i-tee] /fɪˈmɪn ɪ ti/.

Origin of femininity

First recorded in 1350–1400, femininity is from the Middle English word femininite. See feminine, -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM femininity

hy·per·fem·i·nin·i·ty, noun o·ver·fem·i·nin·i·ty, noun su·per·fem·i·nin·i·ty, noun

Words nearby femininity

femineity, feminine, feminine caesura, feminine ending, feminine rhyme, femininity, femininity complex, feminism, feminist, feminization, feminize

Example sentences from the Web for femininity

One of the ways Fincher and his screenwriter Gillian Flynn accomplished this feat of “femininity” was to give Amy agency.

Oral Sex Comes of Age in Hollywood: ‘Gone Girl’ the Latest Film to Showcase Female Pleasure |Marlow Stern |October 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Bratis, who trained in Athens, creates pieces of “femininity and pure elegance without artifice.”

Is This the End of CR Fashion Book?; Armani Names New Protégé |The Fashion Beast Team |August 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
To men, long hair on a woman is a turn-on because it signifies fertility and clichéd ideas of femininity.

Goodbye Pixie Cut, Hello Lob: The Haircut Taking Over Hollywood |Erin Cunningham |June 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Once I was pregnant, I embraced my own femininity and settled into my role as decision maker and proprietor.

Yes, Women Can Make Great Wine |Jordan Salcito |March 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

They try to express their vision of Valentino but with the same attributes—beauty, romance, femininity, and fragility.

Giancarlo Giammetti’s Private Life Captured in “Private GG” |Erin Cunningham |October 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
German femininity was assumed to be of a predominating excellence to match that of German masculinity.

Villa Elsa |Stuart Henry
I think a little touch of femininity might improve Miss Burgoyne, for example.

Prince Fortunatus |William Black
It was an agitation as perfect in its femininity as she herself was.

T. Tembarom |Frances Hodgson Burnett
Masculine Tinkletown dozed while femininity chattered to its heart's content.

The Daughter of Anderson Crow |George Barr McCutcheon
It is coquette, this artificiality, it shows that desire to please which is the fundamental principle of French femininity.

In Vanity Fair |Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd

British Dictionary definitions for femininity

femininity

/ (ˌfɛmɪˈnɪnɪtɪ) /

noun

the quality of being feminine

womanhood