sisterhood

English

Etymology

From Middle English susterhede; equivalent to sister +‎ -hood (with a modification in the suffix).

Noun

sisterhood (countable and uncountable, plural sisterhoods)

1. the state, or kinship of being sisters
2. the quality of being sisterly; sisterly companionship; especially, the sense that women have of being in solidarity with one another.
3. a religious society of women
4. (feminism) The idea of universal experience amongst women, regardless of other traits or factors. (Considered obsolete in third-wave feminism.)

Synonyms

• (state of being sisters): sistership
• (feminist concept): womanhood

Hypernyms

• siblinghood

Translations

state of being sisters

• Dutch: zusterschap (nl) f
• Finnish: sisaruus
• French: sororité (fr)
• German: Schwesterschaft f
• Latin: sororitas f
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• Macedonian: сестринство n (sestrinstvo)
• Portuguese: sororidade (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: sèstrīnstvo (sh) n
• Swedish: systerskap (sv) c

quality of being sisterly

• Dutch: zusterschap (nl) f
• Finnish: sisaruus
• French: sororité (fr)
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• German: Schwesterschaft f
• Serbo-Croatian: sèstrīnstvo (sh) n
• Swedish: systerskap (sv) c

religious society of women

• Finnish: sisaristo
• German: Schwesternschaft f, Frauenorden m
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• Serbo-Croatian: sèstrīnstvo (sh) n
• Swedish: systerskap (sv) n

See also

• brotherhood
• sorority

Anagrams

• diorthoses