sapphistry

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sapphist +‎ -ry, perhaps modelled on the word sophistry.

Noun[edit]

sapphistry (uncountable)

  1. (literature) A seductive style supposed to be associated with women writing for a female audience.
    • 1993, Janet Doubler Ward, JoAnna Stephens Mink, Communication and Women's Friendships:
      Jane Marcus illustrates how Woolf embeds "seductive sapphistry" in her works.
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