womanhoodnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈwʊm.ən.hʊd/us/ˈwʊm.ən.hʊd/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.
the qualities that are considered typical of a woman:
Brigitte Bardot was the dominant image of womanhood in French cinema during the 1960s.
formal all women considered as a group:
the womanhood of the nation