| NOUN | attribute | femaleness, feminineness | the properties characteristic of the female sex |
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| Meaning | The properties characteristic of the female sex. | |
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| Synonym | feminineness | |
| Broader | sex, gender, sexuality | The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles |
| Opposite | maleness, masculinity | The properties characteristic of the male sex |
| Spanish | feminidad | |
| Catalan | feminitat | |
| Adjectives | female | being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop |
| female | for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls | |
| female | characteristic of or peculiar to a woman | |
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