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feminine

[fem-uh-nin] / ˈfɛm ə nɪn /


ADJECTIVE
of the female sex
Synonyms
STRONGEST
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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Rowbottom’s husband, the novelist Jon Lindsey, pointed to her instinct for subjects that literary fiction has historically dismissed — either as unserious, feminine or culturally overexposed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Rowbottom’s willingness to move toward culturally uncomfortable material is central to her work, he stressed, treating so-called lowbrow or feminine cultural obsessions not as guilty pleasures, but as material worthy of literary merit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

In Hollywood films and literary tropes, spiders come ideologically loaded and are frequently coupled with the feminine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The company will only say product lines that could be targets include feminine and adult care, and baby and child care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“I don’t have any feminine clothes,” they complained.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater




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