femaleness

From female +‎ -ness.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːmeɪlnɪs/

femaleness (countable and uncountable, plural femalenesses)

1. The characteristic, state or condition of being female. [from 19th c.]
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     In hunting or agrarian societies dependent upon nature, femaleness was honored as an immanent principle of fertility.

• feminineness
• femininity

• maleness