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Femininity

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• Femininity complex

  femininity complex fem·i·nin·i·ty complex (fěm’ə-nĭn’ĭ-tē) n. In psychoanalytic theory, the unconscious fear, in boys and men, of castration at the hands of the mother with resultant identification with the imagined aggressor and envious desire for breasts and vagina.

• Feminised

  [fem-uh-nahyz] /ˈfɛm əˌnaɪz/ verb (used with or without object), feminized, feminizing. 1. to make or become . /ˈfɛmɪˌnaɪz/ verb 1. to make or become feminine 2. to cause (a male animal) to develop female characteristics v. 1650s, from Latin femina (see feminine) + -ize. Related: Feminized; feminizing. Femalize (1670s, intransitive, 1709, transitive) and femininize (1868) […]

• Feministic

  [fem-uh-nist] /ˈfɛm ə nɪst/ adjective, Sometimes, feministic 1. advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men. noun 2. an advocate of such rights. /ˈfɛmɪnɪst/ noun 1. a person who advocates equal rights for women adjective 2. of, relating to, or advocating feminism n. 1893, from French féministe (1872); cf. […]

• Feminization

  [fem-uh-nahyz] /ˈfɛm əˌnaɪz/ verb (used with or without object), feminized, feminizing. 1. to make or become . /ˈfɛmɪˌnaɪz/ verb 1. to make or become feminine 2. to cause (a male animal) to develop female characteristics n. 1844, noun of action from feminize. v. 1650s, from Latin femina (see feminine) + -ize. Related: Feminized; feminizing. Femalize […]

• Feminize

  [fem-uh-nahyz] /ˈfɛm əˌnaɪz/ verb (used with or without object), feminized, feminizing. 1. to make or become . /ˈfɛmɪˌnaɪz/ verb 1. to make or become feminine 2. to cause (a male animal) to develop female characteristics v. 1650s, from Latin femina (see feminine) + -ize. Related: Feminized; feminizing. Femalize (1670s, intransitive, 1709, transitive) and femininize (1868) […]

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