girlhood
noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
The state or condition of being a girl.
2
The childhood of a girl.
Collocations
4ADJ.
over, rich
VERB + GIRLHOOD
spent, thanks, war
GIRLHOOD + NOUN
algeria, disney, seclusion, womanhood
PREP.
in, on
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the childhood of a girl
- maidenhood
- maidhood
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Her standards for men are impossibly high, thanks to a girlhood rich in Disney, Cosmopolitan, and private school.
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Mary spent her girlhood in seclusion.
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We don't know much of Skura's girlhood in Algeria.
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She says a sense of exile and longing cast a shadow over her girlhood and accounts for her lifelong devotion to social justice.
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One of the biggest sleights of hand of the anti-trans movement has been to treat the existence of trans boys and men as itself a war on girlhood and womanhood.
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