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... feminine " and " womanly . " This entailment relation makes female and feminine synonymous in English ; " being feminine " is used as though it meant " being a woman . " The meaning of being a female in the u.s. is being feminine . A ...
... feminine " and " womanly . " This entailment relation makes female and feminine synonymous in English ; " being feminine " is used as though it meant " being a woman . " The meaning of being a female in the u.s. is being feminine . A ...
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... feminine / masculine . Words exist and are created because they serve the values and attitudes central to a culture . Dictionaries record cultural meanings . Definitions of womanly , mannish , and manly , feminine and masculine from the ...
... feminine / masculine . Words exist and are created because they serve the values and attitudes central to a culture . Dictionaries record cultural meanings . Definitions of womanly , mannish , and manly , feminine and masculine from the ...
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... feminine gender . The passions must be determined according to their different natures : the fiercer and more disagreeable are masculine - the softer and more amiable are feminine . Mind is masculine , soul feminine ; for the latter ...
... feminine gender . The passions must be determined according to their different natures : the fiercer and more disagreeable are masculine - the softer and more amiable are feminine . Mind is masculine , soul feminine ; for the latter ...
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The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
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