noun · neutral
womanhood
UK/ˈwʊmənhʊd/US/ˈwʊmənˌhʊd/WOM·an·hood
the state or qualities of being a woman; adulthood for females or feminine qualities
Examples
“Stories about coming-of-age often explore the challenges of womanhood.”
“Education empowers girls for the responsibilities of womanhood.”
“The exhibition celebrated womanhood in all its diversity.”
Band 8 sentence
“Contemporary literature often interrogates the social constructs of womanhood and the pressures they impose.”
Collocations
- enter womanhood
- aspects of womanhood
- celebrate womanhood
Word family
Common mistakes
She reached womanhood when she was 16 years old.→She reached womanhood when she was 16.
Womanhood require maturity and care.→Womanhood requires maturity and care.
Say it for a higher band
5woman→6femininity→7+womanhood
Synonyms
femininity
Easily confused
femininity
“Her performance challenged conventional ideas of femininity.”
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