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

  1. ‘Some of that love is transferred to Kavita Asrani who Vishnu has watched blossom from childhood to full blown womanhood.’
  2. ‘I was uncovering a powerful voice of womanhood
  3. embracing woman's strength
  4. and heeding woman's necessary urging call.’
  5. ‘Rachel and Samson fight over their guests
  6. leaving Samson to ponder the complexities of womanhood that he does not understand.’
  7. ‘What I am interested in is this: exactly how positive is Tarantino's portrayal of women in this movie
  8. and does it reflect a standard of womanhood with which I identify?’
  9. ‘Kate Sheedy is a very pretty
  10. intelligent and articulate girl teetering on the brink of womanhood.’
  11. ‘This fabric
  12. which appears in most works
  13. is apparently associated with an induction into womanhood amongst Xhosa people.’
  14. ‘She had been true to her independent nature
  15. fulfilling her womanhood in a manner that she found appropriate
  16. although unable to assert herself finally.’
  17. ‘At 17
  18. Cassandra is poised on the brink of womanhood.’
  19. ‘We see Annie Allen grow from childhood to womanhood in an atmosphere conditioned by poverty
  20. racial discrimination
  21. parental expectations
  22. and unhappiness.’
  23. ‘The sources girls turn to most often
  24. such as teen magazines
  25. offer them a very limited view of what comprises femininity and womanhood.’
  26. ‘It is one that has long existed not only as a cultural dimension for ethnic
  27. national and religious communities but for other groups too; feminists find their identity in their womanhood and the Welsh in their language.’
  28. ‘Even in childhood and young womanhood
  29. there is little of the contingent and insignificant detail which humanises the great.’
  30. ‘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.’
  31. ‘While the artist continues to look into the beauty of womanhood in all its femininity and grace through this technique
  32. the watercolours reflect his old passion for architectural forms.’
  33. ‘The film tells a personal story of emerging womanhood through Geneviève
  34. when her lover is drafted to war-torn Algeria.’
  35. ‘I have always considered them a frivolity that does nothing to enhance the condition of womanhood.’
  36. ‘She tells a story of childhood and young womanhood
  37. simultaneously mulling over what's become of her by the 1990s.’
  38. ‘Yet while she recognizes the limiting conditions of constructed womanhood
  39. Brittain refuses to accept them.’
  40. ‘Some say it is a ritual initiation into womanhood.’
  41. ‘Seventeen and trembling on the brink of womanhood
  42. she has already suffered the humiliation of being packed off as the poor relation with her rich cousins on holiday.’