womanhood

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The state or condition of being a woman.

   “She was a vigorous youth poised on the brink of womanhood.”

2. isim All of the women of a given place, area, or subgroup regarded collectively.

   “There was only one thing to be done: call out, start the alarm, set the heather on fire! Awaken the womanhood of America to free the motherhood of the world!”

3. isim The idealized nature of a woman: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness regarded collectively.

   “From the kitchen comes the even murmur of their voices. Mother and daughter: the protocols of womanhood being passed on, generation to generation.”

4. isim The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.
5. isim The female genitalia, especially the vulva.

   “Easing down to her panties slowly as if investigating a carrier of a dangerous plague, both hands were quivering like it was contagious while feeling extraordinarily alarmed, he commenced to inspect her womanhood.”