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Definition of superwoman in English: superwomannounPlural superwomen ˈsuːpəwʊmənˈsupərˌwʊmən informal A woman with exceptional physical or mental ability, especially one who successfully manages a home, brings up children, and has a full-time job. I see too many working women who feel they have to live up to the myth of the superwoman Example sentencesExamples - In fact, women are being expected to stretch themselves until they become superwomen.
- Replacing the 1950s housewife with the 1990s superwoman is not a social revolution.
- She was superwoman, and that's how people responded to her.
- We as adults are so bombarded with errands to run, bills to pay, mortgage to scamper for, laundry to do, plus maintaining a full-time job (and yes, you can call us superwomen if you like) we often forget to frolic every once in awhile.
- ‘Women are encouraged to be superwomen, to do everything,’ said Isobel.
- It often seems that black executives must be supermen and superwomen just to remain at the same level as their white counterparts.
- When you have everyone telling you your problems, you need someone to talk to… you aren't superwoman.
- ‘We pride ourselves on being superwomen, but that doesn't allow us to be human women, ‘she says.’
- She may not be superwoman, but there are not many of us who could fit in six children, a start-up and a 20-year career in the City.
- Our lives often require us to be superwomen, when unfortunately, we are only human!
Definition of superwoman in US English: superwomannounˈsupərˌwʊmənˈso͞opərˌwo͝omən informal A woman with exceptional strength or ability, especially one who successfully manages a home, brings up children, and has a full-time job. I see too many working women who feel they have to live up to the myth of the superwoman Example sentencesExamples - In fact, women are being expected to stretch themselves until they become superwomen.
- Replacing the 1950s housewife with the 1990s superwoman is not a social revolution.
- ‘We pride ourselves on being superwomen, but that doesn't allow us to be human women, ‘she says.’
- We as adults are so bombarded with errands to run, bills to pay, mortgage to scamper for, laundry to do, plus maintaining a full-time job (and yes, you can call us superwomen if you like) we often forget to frolic every once in awhile.
- She may not be superwoman, but there are not many of us who could fit in six children, a start-up and a 20-year career in the City.
- Our lives often require us to be superwomen, when unfortunately, we are only human!
- She was superwoman, and that's how people responded to her.
- ‘Women are encouraged to be superwomen, to do everything,’ said Isobel.
- When you have everyone telling you your problems, you need someone to talk to… you aren't superwoman.
- It often seems that black executives must be supermen and superwomen just to remain at the same level as their white counterparts.
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