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[ woom-uhn-kahynd ] / ˈwʊm ənˌkaɪnd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR womankind ON THESAURUS.COM
nounwomen, as distinguished from men; the female sex. Origin of womankindA Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at woman, kind2 Words nearby womankindwoman in the street, womanish, womanist, womanize, womanizer, womankind, womanlike, womanly, woman of letters, woman of the hour, woman of the house Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for womankindWomankind has long known that style can be used as a weapon to mete out psychological torment. Michelle Obama and Ann Romney: First Ladies of Style|Robin Givhan|October 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST They were pioneers who first ventured in that movement which inevitably brings enlargement of life for all womankind. Women of Early Christianity|Alfred Brittain And with the ill logic of womankind, through all her arguing with herself there flushed one glad thought. The Heart of the Desert|Honor Willsie Morrow Out of all womankind, she was designed to be my life's playmate and my soul's purifier. Kenelm Chillingly, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
This Silenus, with a stomach like a hogshead, still believes himself a danger to womankind. Cyrano de Bergerac|Edmond Rostand It is but a sad review, but it may serve well to reconcile the majority of womankind to the tranquil dreaminess of obscurity. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2)|Frances Milton Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for womankind
nounthe female members of the human race; women collectively Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to womankindmuliebrity, femaleness, womanhood, womanliness, gentleness, delicacy, distaff, effeminateness, feminineness, softness, kindness, docility, fair sex, women, womenfolk, femineity |