Antonyms for femininity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fem-uh-nin-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌfɛm əˈnɪn ɪ ti


Definition of femininity

Origin :
  • late 14c., femynynytee, from feminine + -ity.
  • noun girlishness
Example sentences :
  • Whenever we get under the skin, it is Shakespeare's femininity which startles us.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • There was something about her—something volcanic in her femininity.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • They might indeed have represented the opposite poles in femininity.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Their femininity topples me over, and there's no work to be got out of me while I'm like that.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Observe that I say ‘femininity,’ a privilege—not ‘feminism,’ an attitude.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • Our former ideas of femininity and of masculinity were faulty.
  • Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
  • Yet the other tower, too, does not suffer, its femininity is the more alluring.
  • Extract from : « Penguin Persons & Peppermints » by Walter Prichard Eaton
  • It must be femininity, since he felt the lack and was masculine.
  • Extract from : « The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories » by Margaret Collier Graham
  • The murmur of approval was a tribute to her femininity that was music in her ears.
  • Extract from : « The Lady Doc » by Caroline Lockhart
  • Never—she realized it perfectly—could she have competed in femininity with Guardie's wife.
  • Extract from : « Just Patty » by Jean Webster

Synonyms for femininity

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