sisterhood

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

• Azerbaijani: bacılıq
• Bulgarian: сестринство n (sestrinstvo)
• Czech: sesterství n
• Dutch: zusterschap (nl) f
• Finnish: sisaruus
• French: sororité (fr)
• Georgian: დობა (doba)
• German: Schwesterschaft f
• Latin: sororitas f
• Macedonian: сестринство n (sestrinstvo)
• Portuguese: sororidade (pt) f
• Russian: се́стринство (ru) n (séstrinstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: sèstrīnstvo (sh) n
• Swedish: systerskap (sv) c

quality of being sisterly

• Azerbaijani: bacılıq
• Dutch: zusterschap (nl) f
• Finnish: sisaruus
• French: sororité (fr)
• Georgian: სადო (sado)
• German: Schwesterschaft f
• Macedonian: сестринство n (sestrinstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: sèstrīnstvo (sh) n
• Swedish: systerskap (sv) c

religious society of women

• Bulgarian: женско общество n (žensko obštestvo)
• Finnish: sisaristo
• German: Schwesternschaft f, Frauenorden (de) m
• Macedonian: сестринство n (sestrinstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: sèstrīnstvo (sh) n
• Swedish: systerskap (sv) n

feminism: the idea of universal experience amongst women

• Spanish: sororidad (es) f

See also

• brotherhood
• sorority

Anagrams

• diorthoses