manhood

== English == === Alternative forms === manhead (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English manhode, also manhede (> obsolete English manhead), equivalent to man +‎ -hood. Cognate with Middle Dutch manheit (“manhood”), Middle Low German manheit (whence German Low German Mannheit (“manhood”)), German Mannheit (“manhood”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmænhʊd/ Rhymes: -ænhʊd === Noun === manhood (countable and uncountable, plural manhoods) The state or condition of being a human being. Synonym: humanity The state or condition of being a man, as contrasted with being a boy, woman, girl, or nonbinary. Hypernym: adulthood Coordinate terms: boyhood, womanhood, girlhood 1936 Feb. 15, Ernest Hemingway, letter to Maxwell Perkins: Feel awfully about Scott... It was a terrible thing for him to love youth so much that he jumped straight from youth to senility without going through manhood. The minute he felt youth going he was frightened again and thought there was nothing between youth and age. All of the men of a given place, area, or any human subgroup (ethnicity, nation, race, religion, family, work crew or ship's crew, etc.) regarded collectively. Synonym: mankind (exclusively and universally: only synonymous in cases for which women are excluded, and when the meaning of manhood is universal or worldwide) Antonyms: womanhood, womankind The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively. Synonyms: manfulness, manliness, mannishness Antonyms: womanhood, womanishness, womanliness The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly. Antonym: womanhood (euphemistic) The male genitalia, especially the penis. Hypernym: (slang) junk Antonym: womanhood ==== Coordinate terms ==== womanhood ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== boyhood girlhood childhood ==== Translations ==== === See also === manhood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === hoodman