different between manhood vs womanhood

English

Alternative forms

• manhead (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English manhode, also manhede (> English manhead), equivalent to man +? -hood. Cognate with Middle Low German manheit (“manhood”), German Mannheit (“manhood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mænh?d/
• Rhymes: -ænh?d

Noun

manhood (countable and uncountable, plural manhoods)

1. The state or condition of being a human being.

   Synonym: humanity

   He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.

2. The state or condition of being a man.

   He was a strapping youth poised on the brink of manhood.

3. All of the men of a given place, area, or any human subgroup (ethnicity, nation, race, religion, family, work crew or ship's crew, etc.) regarded collectively.

   Synonym: mankind (exclusively and universally: only synonymous in cases for which women are excluded, and when the meaning of manhood is universal or worldwide)

   Antonyms: womanhood, womankind

   During the Second World War, Russia lost a great percentage of its young manhood, giving rise to a great wave of widowhood in the country.
4. The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively.

   Synonyms: manfulness, manliness, mannishness

   Antonyms: womanhood, womanishness, womanliness

   My goodness, James certainly is a prime example of manhood, isn't he?

   Traditionally, men sought to enhance the manhood of their young sons, so that they would become manly men, but in general, men no longer do so.

5. The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.

   Antonym: womanhood

   The failure of William's business seems to have been quite damaging to his manhood.

   I feel that when you boss me around, you insult my manhood.
6. (euphemistic) The male genitalia, especially the penis.

   Hypernym: (slang) junk

   Antonym: womanhood

   She spied on him in the shower and glimpsed his manhood.

   • 2016, Rory Tingle, "Thai man has a sex ring removed with bolt cutters after it became stuck on his penis", Daily Mail, Associated Newspapers:

Coordinate terms

• womanhood

Related terms

• boyhood
• girlhood
• childhood

Translations

See also

• manhood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• hoodman

English

Alternative forms

• womanhead (obsolete)
• womonhood, womynhood, wommonhood (feminist spellings; rare; see usage notes at woman)

Etymology

From Middle English womanhoode, wommanhod, whomanhode, variants of wommanhede; synchronically analyzable as woman +? -hood.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?m?nh?d/
• Hyphenation: wom?an?hood

Noun

womanhood (countable and uncountable, plural womanhoods)

1. The state or condition of being a woman.
2. All of the women of a given place, area, or subgroup regarded collectively.

   Synonym: womankind (universally: only synonymous when the meaning of womanhood is universal or worldwide)

   Antonyms: manhood, mankind
3. The idealized nature of a woman: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness regarded collectively.

   Synonyms: womanishness, womanliness

   Antonyms: manhood, mannishness, manliness
4. The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.

   Antonym: manhood

5. (euphemistic) The female genitalia, especially the vulva.

   Hypernym: (slang) junk

   Antonym: manhood

Coordinate terms

• manhood

Related terms

• girlhood
• boyhood
• childhood

Translations