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Meaning of Femininity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
fɛmɪˈnɪnɪti

Definitions

The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“It's almost eerie, in the wake of the Lawrence Summers controversy, to encounter the words of an earlier Harvard president, John Kirkland, a "friend and mentor" of Elizabeth's, who advised her that if any woman "is raised by genius and knowledge above the level of her sex, her neglect of attention appropriate to the best half of creation, attentions called femininities, will more than counterbalance all her advantages and reduce her below other women."”
“A contributing factor to this slightly regressive femininity may have been the sugary fabrics (silver lamé, tulle over sequins) and the meringuelike puffs and baby Googums bows at the neck.”
“One outcome of the idea of fluid masculinity and femininity is the notion of genderqueerness.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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