femaleness
pronunciation
How to pronounce femaleness in British English:
UK ['fi:meɪlnes]
How to pronounce femaleness in American English:
US ['fimeɪlnes]
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- Noun:
- the properties characteristic of the female sex
Word Origin
- femaleness (n.)
- "quality of being female," 1886, from female + -ness. From 1892 as "qualities appropriate to a female."
Example
- 1. So they do have the genes for maleness and femaleness , just like in a human .
- 2. Deciding not to have children was not , she stressed , a rejection of her femaleness .
- 3. The male directors , by contrast , seemed to set slightly more store by our femaleness .