womanhood
noun [U] /ˈwʊm.ən.hʊd/Definition
› the state of being a woman, or the period of time when someone is a woman: The novel deals with a teenage girl's journey towards womanhood.Men and womenKinds of menKinds of women › the qualities that are considered typical of a woman: Brigitte Bardot was the dominant image of womanhood in French cinema during the 1960s.Men and womenKinds of menKinds of women › formal all women considered as a group: the womanhood of the nationMen and womenKinds of menKinds of women
(Definition of womanhood noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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