Definition of "womanhood" in English

noun

1. The state or condition of being a woman, as contrasted with being a girl, man, boy, or nonbinary.

   • She was a vigorous youth poised on the brink of womanhood.

2. All of the women of a given place, area, or subgroup regarded collectively.

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

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.

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