sisterhood
pronunciation
How to pronounce sisterhood in British English:
UK [ˈsɪstəhʊd]
How to pronounce sisterhood in American English:
US [ˈsɪstərhʊd]
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- Noun:
- the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
- a religious society of sisters (especially an order of nuns)
Word Origin
- sisterhood (n.)
- "state of being a sister," late 14c., from sister + -hood. Meaning "a society of sisters" (usually a religious order) is from 1590s; sense of "women having some common characteristic or calling" is from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. So is sweden the ultimate sisterhood heaven ?
- 2. I believed the sisterhood could survive anything .
- 3. Sisterhood is powerful this and powerful that .
- 4. Wonderful tennis is a brotherhood or sisterhood .
- 5. In the two movies , different sisterhood and different feminist cultures lead to different fate of female images .