as in female
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women
a designer adding feminine touches to the collection
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Recent Examples of feminine
For today’s boys, living in a society that prioritizes categorizing everything into a gender binary only emphasizes pressure on boys to not be perceived as feminine in any way.
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Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
OpenAI also estimated the likely gender split among a large sample of ChatGPT users by using Social Security data and the World Gender Name Registry's list of strongly masculine or feminine first names.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
You are known for blending feminine and unexpected elements in your design.
—Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Every feminine accoutrement and sexualizing modality had to be undermined by an attempt at toughness, a practice that seems, from this distance, to have been a way of making the unsustainable world of youth feel endless.
—Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
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Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
OpenAI also estimated the likely gender split among a large sample of ChatGPT users by using Social Security data and the World Gender Name Registry's list of strongly masculine or feminine first names.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
You are known for blending feminine and unexpected elements in your design.
—Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Every feminine accoutrement and sexualizing modality had to be undermined by an attempt at toughness, a practice that seems, from this distance, to have been a way of making the unsustainable world of youth feel endless.
—Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feminine
female
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Bunnie, an 8-year-old, 49-pound, female boxer mix.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
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The 73-year-old was Nepal's first female chief justice — and is now its first female prime minister.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Feminine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feminine. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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