Dictionary entry
Womanhood
Pronunciation: /ˈwʊmənhʊd/
Pronunciation
/ˈwʊmənhʊd/
Myanmar Meaning
မိန်းမဘဝ၊ အရွယ်ရောက်ခြင်း။ မိန်းမသဘာဝ၊ ဉာဉ်။ မိန်းမမျိုးနွယ်။
Definition
womanhood /'wƱmǝnhƱd/ n [U] ၁။ အမ်ဳိးသမီးအရြယ္ ေရာက္ျခင္း။ grow to/ reach womanhood. ၂။ မိန္းမဘဝ။ German womanhood.
Examples
- ‘Some of that love is transferred to Kavita Asrani who Vishnu has watched blossom from childhood to full blown womanhood.’
- ‘I was uncovering a powerful voice of womanhood
- embracing woman's strength
- and heeding woman's necessary urging call.’
- ‘Rachel and Samson fight over their guests
- leaving Samson to ponder the complexities of womanhood that he does not understand.’
- ‘What I am interested in is this: exactly how positive is Tarantino's portrayal of women in this movie
- and does it reflect a standard of womanhood with which I identify?’
- ‘Kate Sheedy is a very pretty
- intelligent and articulate girl teetering on the brink of womanhood.’
- ‘This fabric
- which appears in most works
- is apparently associated with an induction into womanhood amongst Xhosa people.’
- ‘She had been true to her independent nature
- fulfilling her womanhood in a manner that she found appropriate
- although unable to assert herself finally.’
- ‘At 17
- Cassandra is poised on the brink of womanhood.’
- ‘We see Annie Allen grow from childhood to womanhood in an atmosphere conditioned by poverty
- racial discrimination
- parental expectations
- and unhappiness.’
- ‘The sources girls turn to most often
- such as teen magazines
- offer them a very limited view of what comprises femininity and womanhood.’
- ‘It is one that has long existed not only as a cultural dimension for ethnic
- national and religious communities but for other groups too; feminists find their identity in their womanhood and the Welsh in their language.’
- ‘Even in childhood and young womanhood
- there is little of the contingent and insignificant detail which humanises the great.’
- ‘Sentimental literature was often written for and about the lives of girls on the brink of womanhood; young women such as Sarah Connell were among its prime consumers.’
- ‘While the artist continues to look into the beauty of womanhood in all its femininity and grace through this technique
- the watercolours reflect his old passion for architectural forms.’
- ‘The film tells a personal story of emerging womanhood through Geneviève
- when her lover is drafted to war-torn Algeria.’
- ‘I have always considered them a frivolity that does nothing to enhance the condition of womanhood.’
- ‘She tells a story of childhood and young womanhood
- simultaneously mulling over what's become of her by the 1990s.’
- ‘Yet while she recognizes the limiting conditions of constructed womanhood
- Brittain refuses to accept them.’
- ‘Some say it is a ritual initiation into womanhood.’
- ‘Seventeen and trembling on the brink of womanhood
- she has already suffered the humiliation of being packed off as the poor relation with her rich cousins on holiday.’