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femininity

[fem-uh-nin-i-tee] / ˌfɛm əˈnɪn ɪ ti /


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Glover said she enjoys embracing her femininity and “taking that back” while working over fire.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

As a model and actress from the 1950s, she became an emblem of modern femininity and the sexual revolution before later taking up the cause of animal rights.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

In curating the exhibition, Marquez began to look inward, painting and photographing herself in ways she never had before: through the lens of femininity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

"I always sort of go back to classic actresses in the way that they could sort of toe a line between extreme femininity and just rock hard will and grit," she said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Hanging on to femininity was a concrete way to express your womanhood.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

When feminism fades, femininities are taken to extremes.

From The Guardian ● May 25, 2014

Masculinities and femininities are being made and remade as polarised species.

From The Guardian ● May 25, 2014

And as a bee usually winds up with festivity, feasting, dancing, and the like, such femininities as the district possessed were brought over by their respective husbands or male relatives.

From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by William Delisle Hay

Once he had been on the verge of sounding Maurice in regard to Madame, Maurice was so learned in femininities; but this would have been an acknowledgment of his ignorance, and pride closed his mouth.

From The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath

Agni comprehends not only all naturalistic gods, but such later femininities as Reverence, Mercy, and other abstractions, including Boundlessness.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins


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