womankind
noun
wom·an·kind
ˈwu̇-mən-ˌkīnd 
singular or plural in construction
: female human beings : women especially as distinguished from men
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The two-time Oscar winner rolled up to the 2025 Golden Globes in perhaps the boldest haircut known to womankind—and looked incredible, of course.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2025
Contraception was declared a natural right of womankind.
—Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 4 Feb. 2024
That’s one small step for man, one long-ass leap for womankind.
—Vulture, 11 Mar. 2023
Bridenstine told CNN Business last year that the agency might already have an idea as to who will be making the giant leap for womankind.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 22 Sep. 2020
But if Bacon was preoccupied with the horrors of mankind, Ms. McNeely focuses on the horrors of womankind.
—Brian P. Kelly, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
However, there was some disappointment for Davis (and the rest of womankind), that the success of A League of Their Own didn’t lead to an abundance of female-centric ensemble films, or films about women’s sports.
—Lizzy Dening, Vogue, 6 July 2022
The moral of this film appears to be: every male, regardless of age and social status, means harm to womankind.
—The New Yorker, 20 May 2022
Their encounter is a Pyrrhic victory for womankind, a pluckable symbol for women who believe that their best selves could flourish in the professional sphere, if only men would stop intruding.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2020
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2025
Contraception was declared a natural right of womankind.
—Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 4 Feb. 2024
That’s one small step for man, one long-ass leap for womankind.
—Vulture, 11 Mar. 2023
Bridenstine told CNN Business last year that the agency might already have an idea as to who will be making the giant leap for womankind.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 22 Sep. 2020
But if Bacon was preoccupied with the horrors of mankind, Ms. McNeely focuses on the horrors of womankind.
—Brian P. Kelly, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
However, there was some disappointment for Davis (and the rest of womankind), that the success of A League of Their Own didn’t lead to an abundance of female-centric ensemble films, or films about women’s sports.
—Lizzy Dening, Vogue, 6 July 2022
The moral of this film appears to be: every male, regardless of age and social status, means harm to womankind.
—The New Yorker, 20 May 2022
Their encounter is a Pyrrhic victory for womankind, a pluckable symbol for women who believe that their best selves could flourish in the professional sphere, if only men would stop intruding.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2020
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womankind
noun
wom·an·kind
ˈwu̇m-ən-ˌkīnd
: female human beings : women especially as distinguished from men
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