femininity

noun

fem·​i·​nin·​i·​ty ˌfe-mə-ˈni-nə-tē 

1

: the quality or nature of the female sex : the quality, state, or degree of being feminine or womanly

challenging traditional notions about femininity and masculinity

… the women were visions of powerful femininity.

—Alan Shipnuck

2

: woman, womankind

… he was now to contrast her sharply with the best of what the Old World had to offer in the matter of femininity …

—Theodore Dreiser

Synonyms

• feminity

Examples of femininity in a Sentence

national costumes that accent masculinity and femininity

Recent Examples on the Web

So, pictures came about, memories of girls who were kind of stuck in their position in the family, in the world, in their femininity. —Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025

Those traits can be seen in Bahnsen’s work, which is fanciful yet wearable, marking a departure from old ideas of femininity where clothing had to be tight and short (and subsequently uncomfortable). —Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2025

But although the lines between femininity and masculinity are blurring, there is very much of a different approach as well as different fabrics. —Adam Morganstern, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025

There's the intersection of dark skin Blackness and femininity, but there's also the intersection of dark skin Blackness, plus-sized femininity. —Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 18 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing femininity

• hyper-femininity

Rhymes for femininity

• alkalinity
• consanguinity
• crystallinity
• masculinity
• affinity
• divinity
• infinity
• salinity
• vicinity
• virginity

Medical Definition

femininity

noun

fem·​i·​nin·​i·​ty ˌfem-ə-ˈnin-ət-ē 

plural femininities

: the quality or nature of the female sex