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womynhood en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English womyn Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English womynhood From womyn + -hood.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) Feminist spelling of womanhood
    • Indeed, the opera recovers the bound and raped bodies of Afro-Asian womynhood as evidence of the need for a transracial feminist dialectic... 2004, Bill Mullen, Afro-Orientalism:
    • In one brave and defiant performance, she redefined the patriarchal constructions of beauty, femininity, and womynhood for all who saw her. 2008, Laurie J Kendall, The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival:
    • Reclaiming my true womynhood, learning to truly know and love myself and other wimmin has taken time. 1980, Susan J Wolfe, Julia Penelope, The Coming Out Stories:

Translations (1)

fr féminitude (feminist definition of feminity)