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TOMBOYISHNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tomboyishness mean?
• TOMBOYISHNESS (noun)
The noun TOMBOYISHNESS has 1 sense:
1. masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women)
Familiarity information: TOMBOYISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
hoydenism; tomboyishness
Hypernyms ("tomboyishness" is a kind of...):
masculinity (the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men)
Derivation:
tomboyish (used of girls; wild and boisterous)
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