fairer sex
noun
variants
or less commonly fair sex
old-fashioned
: the female sex : women in general
—usually used with the
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The actual anatomy of women’s lungs may also point to why the fairer sex is receiving more COPD diagnoses.
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Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Fairer sex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairer%20sex. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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