English Explanatory Dictionary

women are wonderful effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The phenomenon in psychological and sociological research that people seem to associate more positive attributes with women in general than with men in general, reflecting an emotional bias.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-women are wonderful effect.wav

Word forms

women are wonderful effect the women are wonderful effect

Etymology

Coined by Eagly & Mladinic (1994).

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