Feminine
adjective
Linked or suitable to women or girls.
She has a feminine style of dressing.

Often appears as...
- feminine charm
- feminine beauty
adjective
In grammar, the feminine form is used to refer to females or objects that are assigned the gender female.
In Spanish, 'amiga' is the feminine form of 'amigo'.

Often appears as...
- feminine noun
- feminine adjective
noun
The condition or nature of being a woman.
She celebrates her femininity in her artworks.

Often appears as...
- feminine attributes
- feminine qualities
adjective
Having qualities or characteristics that are usually linked to females.
Laces and frills are considered feminine decorations.

Often appears as...
- feminine colors
- feminine clothes
adjective
Linked or suitable to women or girls.
She has a feminine style of dressing.

Often appears as...
- feminine charm
- feminine beauty
adjective
In grammar, the feminine form is used to refer to females or objects that are assigned the gender female.
In Spanish, 'amiga' is the feminine form of 'amigo'.

Often appears as...
- feminine noun
- feminine adjective
noun
The condition or nature of being a woman.
She celebrates her femininity in her artworks.

Often appears as...
- feminine attributes
- feminine qualities
adjective
Having qualities or characteristics that are usually linked to females.
Laces and frills are considered feminine decorations.

Often appears as...
- feminine colors
- feminine clothes
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Cultural Context
Reflects cultural perceptions of gender; may evolve over time with changing social attitudes.

Pants were not always considered feminine attire.
Not Exclusivity
'Feminine' doesn't mean only women or girls can possess those features or styles.

His approach to design is very feminine.
Cultural Context
Reflects cultural perceptions of gender; may evolve over time with changing social attitudes.

Pants were not always considered feminine attire.
Not Exclusivity
'Feminine' doesn't mean only women or girls can possess those features or styles.

His approach to design is very feminine.
Cultural Context
Reflects cultural perceptions of gender; may evolve over time with changing social attitudes.

Pants were not always considered feminine attire.
Not Exclusivity
'Feminine' doesn't mean only women or girls can possess those features or styles.

His approach to design is very feminine.
Video examples
What it's like to be a...
I thought I was pretty well versed on the social construction of gender and how sexism is a devaluing of the feminine and how it manifests both explicitly and implicitly. But this situation, this aversion to a bag full of pink stuff, forced me to explore my rejection of highly feminized things in my child's world.
Video examples
This Is What LGBT Life...
I had to come up with a strategy, so that I could just pee in peace. So anytime I would enter a restroom, I would thrust out my chest to show my womanly parts, and try to be as non-threatening as possible. Putting out my hands and saying, "Hello", just so that people could hear my feminine voice.
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Alice Dreger: Is anatomy...
But the more I thought about his question, the more I thought there might be something feminine about feminism. That is to say, there might be something, on average, different about female brains from male brains that makes us more attentive to deeply complex social relationships,
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Recruiting Women for...
thing as we try to encourage women to see politics as more of our domain we have to get comfortable with the fact that there is nothing that says that being feminine and being a woman is not compatible with politics um i i love both of those answers um and i want to
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Experiencing art as...
massive for got my word I'll pick it up next time basically we can go from a network a structure up to a surface as your face being the minimal definition of space and closure another project nine methylone at the Centre Pompidou in Paris part of the feminine
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Margaret Wertheim: The...
that is called non-Euclidean geometry. And this is actually the field of mathematics that underlies general relativity and is actually ultimately going to show us about the shape of the universe. So there is this direct line between feminine handicraft,
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If I should have a...
had come together, had a baby, a baby I needed to get to know. So I decided to give it a try. My first spoken-word poem, packed with all the wisdom of a 14-year-old, was about the injustice of being seen as unfeminine. The poem was very indignant,
Video examples
Tales of passion -...
you exert over the many through gender income race and class I think that the time is right to make fundamental changes in our civilization but for real change we need feminine energy in the management of the world we need a
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Halla Tomasdottir: A...
and also with the strong feeling in our stomach that this wasn't sustainable, to found a financial services firm based on our values, and we decided to incorporate feminine values into the world of finance.
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Why I'm done trying to...
And all he said was, "Thank you." I've been this guy. I get it. See, publicly, he was just playing his role, rejecting the feminine, right?
Video examples
What it's like to be a...
I thought I was pretty well versed on the social construction of gender and how sexism is a devaluing of the feminine and how it manifests both explicitly and implicitly. But this situation, this aversion to a bag full of pink stuff, forced me to explore my rejection of highly feminized things in my child's world.
Video examples
This Is What LGBT Life...
I had to come up with a strategy, so that I could just pee in peace. So anytime I would enter a restroom, I would thrust out my chest to show my womanly parts, and try to be as non-threatening as possible. Putting out my hands and saying, "Hello", just so that people could hear my feminine voice.
Video examples
Alice Dreger: Is anatomy...
But the more I thought about his question, the more I thought there might be something feminine about feminism. That is to say, there might be something, on average, different about female brains from male brains that makes us more attentive to deeply complex social relationships,
Video examples
Recruiting Women for...
thing as we try to encourage women to see politics as more of our domain we have to get comfortable with the fact that there is nothing that says that being feminine and being a woman is not compatible with politics um i i love both of those answers um and i want to
Video examples
Experiencing art as...
massive for got my word I'll pick it up next time basically we can go from a network a structure up to a surface as your face being the minimal definition of space and closure another project nine methylone at the Centre Pompidou in Paris part of the feminine
Video examples
Margaret Wertheim: The...
that is called non-Euclidean geometry. And this is actually the field of mathematics that underlies general relativity and is actually ultimately going to show us about the shape of the universe. So there is this direct line between feminine handicraft,
Video examples
If I should have a...
had come together, had a baby, a baby I needed to get to know. So I decided to give it a try. My first spoken-word poem, packed with all the wisdom of a 14-year-old, was about the injustice of being seen as unfeminine. The poem was very indignant,
Video examples
Tales of passion -...
you exert over the many through gender income race and class I think that the time is right to make fundamental changes in our civilization but for real change we need feminine energy in the management of the world we need a
Video examples
Halla Tomasdottir: A...
and also with the strong feeling in our stomach that this wasn't sustainable, to found a financial services firm based on our values, and we decided to incorporate feminine values into the world of finance.
Video examples
Why I'm done trying to...
And all he said was, "Thank you." I've been this guy. I get it. See, publicly, he was just playing his role, rejecting the feminine, right?
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Quote examples
Hilary Knight
American Athlete
At first, I felt like I was put into this box because I played hockey. I thought that I was viewed a certain way, and I shouldn't wear certain clothes. Finally, I stepped aside and said, 'That's someone else's creation of me. I can be feminine and be strong.

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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for.

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Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.

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Kaia Gerber
American Model
I'm inspired by people embracing their feminine power and just being who they truly are and not afraid to express themselves.

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Rainer Maria Rilke
German Poet
The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.

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Beyonce Knowles
American Musician
Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy.

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Paulo Coelho
Brazilian Novelist
In writing, I apply my feminine side and respect the mystery involved in creation.

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Gianni Versace
Italian Designer
I really want to make clothes that are feminine and help women look beautiful.

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Leslie Jordan
American Actor
All my life I've always been so ashamed of being feminine.

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Dan Brown
American Author
She was deeply passionate about the sacred feminine.

Quote examples
Hilary Knight
American Athlete
At first, I felt like I was put into this box because I played hockey. I thought that I was viewed a certain way, and I shouldn't wear certain clothes. Finally, I stepped aside and said, 'That's someone else's creation of me. I can be feminine and be strong.

Quote examples
Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for.

Quote examples
Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.

Quote examples
Kaia Gerber
American Model
I'm inspired by people embracing their feminine power and just being who they truly are and not afraid to express themselves.

Quote examples
Rainer Maria Rilke
German Poet
The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.

Quote examples
Beyonce Knowles
American Musician
Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy.

Quote examples
Paulo Coelho
Brazilian Novelist
In writing, I apply my feminine side and respect the mystery involved in creation.

Quote examples
Gianni Versace
Italian Designer
I really want to make clothes that are feminine and help women look beautiful.

Quote examples
Leslie Jordan
American Actor
All my life I've always been so ashamed of being feminine.

Quote examples
Dan Brown
American Author
She was deeply passionate about the sacred feminine.

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