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femininity

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fem·i·nin·i·ty /ˌfeməˈnɪnəti/ noun [uncountable]  WOMANqualities that are considered to be typical of women, especially qualities that are gentle, delicate, and pretty 女子气质〔尤指温柔、娇小和美丽〕 masculinity You don’t have to lose your femininity to be an independent, successful woman. 成为独立成功的女性并非就会失去女人味。
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femininityIts concern with celebrating femininity encourages it to pass over more of traditional psychology's gender biases than egalitarian feminist psychology does.Add a silk scarf for femininity.The biological fact of her femininity took precedence over serious critical evaluations of her work.Response categories, too, are influenced by the association of femininity with passivity.The picture of the rejection of femininity is thus brought into sharper focus.The color pink is associated with femininity.Psychology, like other discourses, associates subjectivity with femininity, and objectivity with masculinity.
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femininity
femininity /ˌfeməˈnɪnəti, ˌfemɪˈnɪnəti/ noun [uncountable]
qualities that are considered to be typical of women, especially qualities that are gentle, delicate, and pretty ⇨ masculinity:
    You don’t have to lose your femininity to be an independent, successful woman.


femi·nin·ityBrE /ˌfeməˈnɪnəti/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfeməˈnɪnəti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the fact of being a woman; the qualities that are considered to be typical of women 女子气质;女子气;阴柔