| 单词 | femininity |
| 释义 | femininity (once / 8948 pages) n Femininity is a quality of acting in a typically womanly, girlish, or feminine way. Different cultures have different ideas of what femininity looks like. If you're a gentle, sweet-natured person, your grandmother may praise your femininity. You might argue, however, that your brother is even sweeter and more soft-spoken than you are. Society has a particular idea and definition of exactly what femininity is, but this varies widely for individual women. Femininity comes from the adjective feminine, "relating to women," from the Latin femina, "woman." WORD FAMILYfemininity: femininities+/defeminize: defeminized/feminine: femininely, feminineness, feminines, femininity, feminise, feminize, unfeminine/feminise: defeminise, feminisation, feminised, feminising/feminize: defeminize, feminization, feminized, feminizing/unfeminine: unfemininely USAGE EXAMPLESStill, Siri’s responses seemed to refer to versions of femininity that were vintage, as if lifted from old movies. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) Like many women of her generation she understood that femininity is always a performance and she performed it to the hilt. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) This is a caricature world where both femininity and racial diversity are highlighted with comic emphasis. New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) n the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper muliebrity masculinity the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men womanlike, womanliness the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female ladylikenessbehavior befitting a lady maidenlinessbehavior befitting a young maiden girlishnessbeing characteristic of a girl effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishnessthe trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) emasculationloss of power and masculinity trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature |
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