womanhood

Meanings

1. The state or condition of being a woman, as contrasted with being a girl, man, boy, or nonbinary.
2. All of the women of a given place, area, or subgroup regarded collectively.
3. The idealized nature of a woman: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness regarded collectively.
4. The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.
5. The female genitalia, especially the vulva.

Etymology

From Middle English womanhoode, wommanhod, whomanhode, variants of wommanhede. By surface analysis, woman + -hood.