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| feminine psychology karen horney: Feminine Psychology Karen Horney, 1993 In this collection of papers, Karen Horney brings to the subject of femininity her acute clinical observations and rigorous testing of hypotheses. The topics she discusses include frigidity, maternal conflicts, distrust between the sexes and feminine masochism. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: The Unknown Karen Horney Karen Horney, MD M.D., Karen Horney, 2000-01-01 Contains previously unpublished and uncollected works of Karen Horney. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Karen Horney Susan Tyler Hitchcock, 2009 Presents a biography of one of the most important figures in the history of psychoanalysis who founded America's first psychoanalytic institute and whose controversial theories on neurosis had an enduring influence on the field of psychology. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Women Beyond Freud: New Concepts Of Feminine Psychology Milton M. Berger, 2013-05-24 First published in 1994. This volume contains the proceedings of a historic meeting, attended by over 2,000 mental health professionals and lay people, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Karen Horney Psychoanalytic Centre in New York City. Each contributor to this book offers unique insight into the seminal work of Karen Horney, one of the first psychoanalysts to question Freud's male-centred theories and clinical practices.; The book includes accounts of the formative girlhood experiences that awakened Horney's spirit of independence and the intellectual and cultural currents of her time that influenced her work. A contribution by a Preeminent Sex Therapist Challenges The Notion That Liberated Women threaten the potency of men. Other contributors define the characteristics of relationships that foster or hinder women's psychological growth and discuss the conflicts faced by adolescent girls as they become aware of gender differences. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: A Mind of Her Own: The Life of Karen Horney Susan Quinn, 2019-08-16 Karen Horney (1885-1952) is one of the great figures in psychoanalysis, an independent thinker who dared to take issue with Freud's views on women. One of the first female medical students in Germany, and one of the first doctors in Berlin to undergo psychoanalytic training, she emigrated to the United States in 1932 and became a leading figure in American psychoanalysis. She wrote several important books, including Neurosis and Human Growth and Our Inner Conflicts. Horney was a brilliant psychologist of women, whose work anticipated current interest in the narcissistic personality. An excellent book, sophisticated in its judgments, and with a candor that does justice to [Quinn's] courageous subject. — Phyllis Grosskurth, The New York Review of Books A richly contexted, thoroughly informed, and admirably forthright account of Horney's development and contribution. — Justin Kaplan Excellent, sympathetic but not adulatory, clear about the theories and factions... rich in anecdotes. — Rosemary Dinnage, The New York Times Book Review The whole book is wonderfully balanced. A terrific achievement. — Anton O. Kris, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Self-Analysis Horney, Karen, 2013-09-13 First Published in 1999. Psychoanalysis first developed as a method of therapy in the strict medical sense. Freud had discovered that certain circumscribed disorders that have no discernible organic basis-such as hysterical convulsions, phobias, depressions, drug addictions, functional stomach upsets --can be cured by uncovering the unconscious factors that underlie them. In the course of time disturbances of this kind were summarily called neurotic. Therefore humility as well as hope is required in any discussion of the possibility of psychoanalytic self-examination. It is the object of this book to raise this question seriously, with all due consideration for the difficulties involved. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Neurosis and Human Growth Karen Horney, 2013-09-13 In Neurosis and Human Growth, Dr. Horney discusses the neurotic process as a special form of the human development, the antithesis of healthy growth. She unfolds the different stages of this situation, describing neurotic claims, the tyranny or inner dictates and the neurotic's solutions for relieving the tensions of conflict in such emotional attitudes as domination, self-effacement, dependency, or resignation. Throughout, she outlines with penetrating insight the forces that work for and against the person's realization of his or her potentialities. First Published in 1950. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Todd K. Shackelford, 2020-03-11 This Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of individual differences within the domain of personality, with major sub-topics including assessment and research design, taxonomy, biological factors, evolutionary evidence, motivation, cognition and emotion, as well as gender differences, cultural considerations, and personality disorders. It is an up-to-date reference for this increasingly important area and a key resource for those who study intelligence, personality, motivation, aptitude and their variations within members of a group. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Are You Considering Psychoanalysis? Karen Horney, 1946 Explains the nature, schools, procedures, and goals of psychoanalysis to assist the prospective patient in understanding, accepting, and successfully experiencing the therapeutic process. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Final Lectures Karen Horney, 1991 This book presents the lectures Karen Horney gave her class on psychoanalytic technique during the last year of her life. One of the most original psychoanalysts after Freud. Karen Horney was also a great teacher, with a profound influence on the training of psychoanalysts through the American Institute for Psychoanalysis which she co-founded. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Women Beyond Freud Milton Miles Berger, 1994 First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: New Ways in Psychoanalysis Karen Horney, MD M.D., 2015-08-08 This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: The Psychological Development of Girls and Women Sheila Greene, 2003 Greene's approach places primary importance on temporality itself and on the competing discourses on time, age and development which play an active role in the construction of the lives of girls and women. Essential but often neglected insights from the more compelling developmental and feminist theories are woven together within a theoretical framework that emphasizes temporaltiy, emergence, and human agency. The result is a liberating theory of women's psychological development as constantly emerging and changing in time rather that as static and fixed by their nature, socio-cultural context and personal history. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Personality Theory in a Cultural Context Mark D. Kelland, 2010-07-19 |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Principles of Psychotherapy Irving B. Weiner, Robert F. Bornstein, 2009-03-09 Generations of clinicians have valued Principles of Psychotherapy for its breadth of coverage and accessibility and the author's ability to gather many elements into a unified presentation. The Third Edition presents the conceptual and empirical foundations of evidence-based practice perspectives of psychodynamic theory. It also offers case examples illustrating what a therapist might say and do in various circumstances. In addition, it includes discussion of broader psychodynamic perspectives on short-term therapy. Mental health professionals will benefit from the revised edition s inclusion of empirically based guidelines for conducting effective psychotherapy. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: The Contemporary Freudian Tradition Ken Robinson, Joan Schachter, 2020-10-19 This is the first book dedicated to the Contemporary Freudian Tradition. In its introduction, and through its selection of papers, it describes the development and rich diversity of this tradition over recent decades, showing how theory and practice are inseparable in the psychoanalytic treatment of children, adolescents and adults. The book is organized around four major concerns in the Contemporary Freudian Tradition: the nature of the Unconscious and the ways that it manifests itself; the extension of Freud’s theories of development through the work of Anna Freud and later theorists; the body and psychosexuality, including the centrality of bodily experience as it is elaborated over time in the life of the individual; and aggression. It also illustrates how within the Tradition different exponents have been influenced by psychoanalytic thinking outside it, whether from the Kleinian and Independent Groups, or from French Freudian thinking. Throughout the book there is strong emphasis on the clinical setting, in, for example, the value of the Tradition’s approach to the complex interrelationship of body and mind in promoting a deeper understanding of somatic symptoms and illnesses and working with them. There are four papers on the subject of dreams within the Contemporary Freudian Tradition, illustrating the continuing importance accorded to dreams and dreaming in psychoanalytic treatment. This is the only book that describes in detail the family resemblances shared by those working psychoanalytically within the richly diverse Contemporary Freudian Tradition. It should appeal to anyone, from student onwards, who is interested in the living tradition of Freud’s work as understood by one of the three major groups within British psychoanalysis. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Managing the Monstrous Feminine Jane M. Ussher, 2006 Jane Ussher takes a unique approach to the study of the material and discursive practices associated with the construction and regulation of the female body. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Feminist Perspectives in Therapy Judith Worell, Pamela Remer, 2002-10-22 Feminist Perspectives in Therapy: Empowering Diverse Womenaddresses core issues in feminist psychological practice along withstrategies and techniques for understanding the development andexperiences of women throughout their lives. Two leading feministpsychologists provide a model that integrates feminist andmulticultural theory and practice, incorporating both internal andexternal sources of women's psychological distress andwell-being. This Second Edition is filled with valuable information on thelatest developments in research and major issues faced bytherapists treating women, along with clinical case studies thatprovide practical examples of how to put theory intopractice. Topics covered include: * Promoting physical and psychological health * Confronting interpersonal abuse and violence * Balancing career and family * Integrating multicultural and diversity issues * Negotiating relationships Complete with self-assessment activities, experimental exercises,and resources for further reading, Feminist Perspectives inTherapy: Empowering Diverse Women, Second Edition is a practicalbook for students and a valuable resource for mental healthprofessionals. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Karen Horney Jack L. Rubins, 1978 Two decades after her death, Karen Horney's views on feminine psychology have finally been incorporated into orthodox psychoanalytic thought. Her historical importance is at last recognized. During her lifetime, however, she was a center of controversy. Karen Horney was among the first women admitted to medical school in Germany. Early in her psychoanalytic career she challenged Freud himself on his theories about female sexuality. Settling in the United States in the early 1930s, she stirred debate in the psychoanalytic community here and ultimately set up her own independent organization. Her vibrant, charismatic personality aroused admiration and loyalty in friends, colleagues, lecture audiences, students, and patients; but the strength with which she defended her convictions brought her opposition as well. Dr. Rubin's biography is the first full-length, authoritative account of Karen Horney's life. It gives vivid insight into the relationships among Freud's followers in Berlin in the early decades of the century; the development of psychoanalysis as a profession in Chicago, Baltimore, and New York in the 1930s and 1940s; and the disputes that led Horney and her followers to break with the establishment. He recognizes the significance of Karen Horney's full personal life in perceptive descriptions of her childhood, marriage, and raising of her three daughters who became achievers in their own right. Rubins's treatment of Horney's intense friendships with many of the intellectual and artistic leaders of her time, such as Paul Tillich and Erich Fromm, gives further dimension to this thoughtful and warmly written biography-- |
| feminine psychology karen horney: The Feminine Character Viola Klein, 1971 |
| feminine psychology karen horney: The Therapeutic Process Karen Horney, 1975-01-01 Renowned for her contributions as a psychoanalytic theorist, Karen Horney was also a gifted clinician and teacher of analysts. She included chapters on therapy in several of her books, wrote essays on clinical issues throughout her career, and was preparing to write a book on analytic technique at the time of her death. The lectures collected here constitute a version of that book. This volume provides the most complete record to date of Karen Horney's ideas about the therapeutic process. It offers valuable insight into a little-known aspect of her work and fresh understanding of issues that continue to be of concern to clinicians. Well ahead of her time, Karen Horney viewed therapy as a collaborative enterprise in which the open, frank, and supportive therapist grows along with the patient. She discusses countertransference phenomena and the ways in which a therapist's personality can influence the healing process. She offers much wisdom and practical advice based on her own rich experience. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Engendered Lives Ellyn Kaschak, 1992-08-18 |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Karen Horney Constance Jones, 1989-01-01 A biography of one of the most important figures in the history of psychoanalysis who founded America's first psychoanalytic institute and whose controversial theories on neurosis had an enduring influence on the field of psychology. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences, Models and Theories , 2020-11-04 Volume 1, Models and Theories of The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences The Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (EPID) is organized into four volumes that look at the many likenesses and differences between individuals. Each of these four volumes focuses on a major content area in the study of personality psychology and individuals' differences. The first volume, Models and Theories, surveys the significant classic and contemporary viewpoints, perspectives, models, and theoretical approaches to the study of personality and individuals' differences (PID). The second volume on Measurement and Assessment examines key classic and modern methods and techniques of assessment in the study of PID. Volume III, titled Personality Processes and Individuals Differences, covers the important traditional and current dimensions, constructs, and traits in the study of PID. The final volume discusses three major categories: clinical contributions, applied research, and cross-cultural considerations, and touches on topics such as culture and identity, multicultural identities, cross-cultural examinations of trait structures and personality processes, and more. Each volume contains approximately 100 entries on personality and individual differences written by a diverse international panel of leading psychologists Covers significant classic and contemporary personality psychology models and theories, measurement and assessment techniques, personality processes and individuals differences, and research Provides a comprehensive and in-depth overview of the field of personality psychology The Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences is an important resource for all psychology students and professionals engaging in the study and research of personality. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Female Psychology Eleanor Schuker, Nadine A. Levinson, 2020-09-23 This book provides a psychoanalytic perspective on female psychology and includes articles with divergent theoretical viewpoints. It is useful for both research and clinical study and may also provide a bridge to scholars, teachers, and clinicians outside of psychoanalysis itself. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: The Neurotic Personality Of Our Time Horney, Karen, 2013-11-05 Topics range from the neurotic need for affection, to guilt feelings and the quest for power, prestige and possession. First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Personality Theories Willard B. Frick, 1991-06-15 The author has revised this popular experiential workbook by adding Carl Jung and Karen Horney to his cast of major personality theorists -- Freud, Adler, Erikson, Bandura, Allport, Maslow, and Rogers -- who provide the context within which students explore aspects of their private experience. Through exercises, projects, and group activities, students are given the means to relate abstract theories and concepts to their own personality development and experience. Many exercises deal with private aspects of students' lives and are designed to be completed individually out of the classroom and reviewed by the instructor. Other classroom exercises involve working with peers in small-groups. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Aspects of the Feminine C. G. Jung, 1982 From the Collected works of C.G. Jung, volumes 6, 7, 9i, 9ii, 10, 17--Preliminaries. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Adolescent Diaries K Horney Karen Horney, 1980-11-13 Horney, Karen / Tagebücher. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Woman's Inhumanity to Woman Phyllis Chesler, 2009-05-01 Drawing on the most important studies in psychology, human aggression, anthropology, and primatology, and on hundreds of original interviews conducted over a period of more than 20 years, this groundbreaking treatise urges women to look within and to consider other women realistically, ethically, and kindly and to forge bold and compassionate alliances. Without this necessary next step, women will never be liberated. Detailing how women's aggression may not take the same form as men's, this investigation reveals—through myths, plays, memoir, theories of revolutionary liberation movements, evolution, psychoanalysis, and childhood development—that girls and women are indeed aggressive, often indirectly and mainly toward one another. This fascinating work concludes by showing that women depend upon one another for emotional intimacy and bonding, and exclusionary and sexist behavior enforces female conformity and discourages independence and psychological growth. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Feminine Sexuality Jacques Lacan, 1985 Jacques Lacan is arguably the most controversial psychoanalyst of our time. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: One Bright Star Mickee Madden, 1997 As journalist Brehan Tucker leaves her old--and thus far unsuccessful--life behind, she finds herself enveloped in a radiant white light. The next thing she knows, a man's powerful arms are surrounding her. His name is Erth, and he's handsome and charming. The only problem is that he is an alien. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Imagined Human Beings Bernard J. Paris, 1997-10 One of literature's greatest gifts is its portrayal of realistically drawn characters--human beings in whom we can recognize motivations and emotions. In Imagined Human Beings, Bernard J. Paris explores the inner conflicts of some of literature's most famous characters, using Karen Horney's psychoanalytic theories to understand the behavior of these characters as we would the behavior of real people. When realistically drawn characters are understood in psychological terms, they tend to escape their roles in the plot and thus subvert the view of them advanced by the author. A Horneyan approach both alerts us to conflicts between plot and characterization, rhetoric and mimesis, and helps us understand the forces in the author's personalty that generate them. The Horneyan model can make sense of thematic inconsistencies by seeing them as the product of the author's inner divisions. Paris uses this approach to explore a wide range of texts, including Antigone, The Clerk's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Wuthering Heights, Madame Bovary, The Awakening, and The End of the Road. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Handbook of Feminist Research Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, 2012 The second edition of the Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis, presents both a theoretical and practical approach to conducting social science research on, for, and about women. The Handbook enables readers to develop an understanding of feminist research by introducing a range of feminist epistemologies, methodologies, and methods that have had a significant impact on feminist research practice and women's studies scholarship. The Handbook continues to provide a set of clearly defined research concepts that are devoid of as much technical language as possible. It continues to engage readers with cutting edge debates in the field as well as the practical applications and issues for those whose research affects social policy and social change. It also expands on the wealth of interdisciplinary understanding of feminist research praxis that is grounded in a tight link between epistemology, methodology and method. The second edition of this Handbook will provide researchers with the tools for excavating subjugated knowledge on women's lives and the lives of other marginalized groups with the goals of empowerment and social change. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Theories of Personality Duane P. Schultz, Sydney Ellen Schultz, 2001 This revision of the Schultz's popular text surveys the field, presenting theory-by-theory coverage of the major theorists who represent the psychoanalytic, neopsychoanalytic, life-span, trait, humanistic, cognitive, behavioral, and social-learning approaches, as well as clinical and experimental work. Where warranted, the authors show how the development of certain theories was influenced by events in a theorist's personal and professional life. This thoroughly revised Seventh Edition now incorporates more examples, tables, and figures to help bring the material to life for students. The new content in this edition reflects the dynamism in the field. The text explores how race, gender, and culture issues figure in the study of personality and in personality assessment. In addition, a final integrative chapter looks at the study of personality theories and suggests conclusions that can be drawn from the many theorists' work. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: The Art of Drawing Poses for Beginners Ken Goldman, Stephanie Goldman, 2022-10-04 The Art of Drawing Poses for Beginners combines step-by-step pencil lessons and additional graphite portrait examples to demonstrate how to accurately render the human form in a variety of realistic poses. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Theories of Personality Susan Cloninger, 2018 |
| feminine psychology karen horney: Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors Albert Ellis, 2010-05-01 First developed in 1955, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is the original form of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and one of the most successful psychotherapeutic techniques in the world. Its founder, world-renowned psychologist Albert Ellis, now offers an up-to-date description of the main principles and practices of this innovative and influential therapy. REBT emphasizes the importance of cognition in psychological disturbances. Its aim is to help patients recognize their irrational and destructive beliefs, feelings, and behaviors, and to restructure harmful philosophic and behavioral styles to achieve maximal levels of happiness and productivity. In this book Dr. Ellis points out the most recent revisions of the original therapy and examines the use of REBT in treating specific clinical problems. Among the topics considered are depression, stress management, addiction, marital problems, the use of hypnosis, disposable myths, and many other obstacles to mental health. This fascinating look at REBT by its internationally recognized creator will be of inestimable value to professionals and laypersons alike. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: In a Different Voice Carol Gilligan, 1993-07 This is the little book that started a revolution, making women's voices heard, in their own right and with their own integrity, for virtually the first time in social scientific theorizing about women. Its impact was immediate and continues to this day, in the academic world and beyond. Translated into sixteen languages, with more than 700,000 copies sold around the world, In a Different Voice has inspired new research, new educational initiatives, and political debate—and helped many women and men to see themselves and each other in a different light.Carol Gilligan believes that psychology has persistently and systematically misunderstood women—their motives, their moral commitments, the course of their psychological growth, and their special view of what is important in life. Here she sets out to correct psychology's misperceptions and refocus its view of female personality. The result is truly a tour de force, which may well reshape much of what psychology now has to say about female experience. |
| feminine psychology karen horney: The Woman Patient Carol Nadelson, Malkah T. Notman, 1982-06 In Volumes 2 and 3, we have chosen a focus that places in context aspects of mental health and the complex psychosocial factors thataf fect our perceptions of how health and illness are defined and experi enced. Weare aware that some may take exceptions to the topics chosen or to the way in which some authors have developed their ideas and presented their information. While we cannot expect to agree with each other all of the time, we can provide a framework and a perspective from which ideas can take form and evolve. The first section of Volume 2 provides an overview of some of the theoretical issues involved in understanding the psychology of women. These issues include changes in psychoanalytic views, particularly in relation to femininity and feminine development. The particular de velopmental experiences of black women are also clearly delineated. The second section deals with specific points in the life cycle that raise unique issues for women, especially as they pertain to the many roles of women in contemporary society and the impact that these roles have on their careers and on their families. The impact of having a working mother on the early interaction with children, the concerns of midlife, especially marital interactions, and the ambiguities of aging are dis cussed. We intend to provide information and to raise questions that we hope will be part of an ongoing dialogue, as well as a stimulus to more intensive study and understanding. |
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The meaning of FEMININE is considered to be characteristic of women : marked by or having qualities, features, etc. traditionally associated with women.
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Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls.
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Definition of feminine adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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1. pertaining to or characteristic of women or girls: feminine attire. 2. having qualities or characteristics traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity, delicacy, or prettiness. 3. …
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May 12, 2025 · feminine (comparative more feminine, superlative most feminine) Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly. Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not …
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Someone or something that is feminine has qualities that are considered typical of women, especially being pretty or gentle.
Feminine Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
FEMININE meaning: 1 : of, relating to, or suited to women or girls; 2 : of or belonging to the class of words (called a gender) that ordinarily includes most of the words referring to females
FEMININE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of FEMININE is considered to be characteristic of women : marked by or having qualities, features, etc. traditionally associated with women.
Femininity - Wikipedia
Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls.
FEMININE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
FEMININE definition: 1. having characteristics that are traditionally thought to be typical of or suitable for a woman….
FEMININE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Feminine definition: being or relating to to a woman or girl.. See examples of FEMININE used in a sentence.
Feminine - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Feminine is the opposite of masculine. If it has anything to do with girls and women, it's considered feminine.
feminine adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...
Definition of feminine adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Feminine - definition of feminine by The Free Dictionary
1. pertaining to or characteristic of women or girls: feminine attire. 2. having qualities or characteristics traditionally ascribed to women, as sensitivity, delicacy, or prettiness. 3. …
feminine - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
May 12, 2025 · feminine (comparative more feminine, superlative most feminine) Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly. Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male. …
FEMININE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Someone or something that is feminine has qualities that are considered typical of women, especially being pretty or gentle.
Feminine Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
FEMININE meaning: 1 : of, relating to, or suited to women or girls; 2 : of or belonging to the class of words (called a gender) that ordinarily includes most of the words referring to females
