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Ewig-weibliche

American  
[ey-vikh-vahyp-li-khuh] / ˈeɪ vɪxˈvaɪp lɪ xə /

noun

German.
  1. the eternal feminine.


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They never seem to grow out of the Ewig-weibliche stage.

From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Douglas, Norman

He resembles that visionary in another aspect: he was a consistent and passionate adorer of the Ewig-weibliche.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman

Instead of saying that Lisa is a type of the Russian girl of 1850, I should say that she is a type of the Ewig-weibliche.

From Essays on Russian Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon

As Dr. Brinton notes, in this sense women are leading evolution—Goethe was right: Das Ewig-weibliche zieht uns hinan.

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.

"You think, in fact," said the Romancer, "that however little its victim was aware of it, there was a touch of the Ewig-weibliche in her fascination?"

From Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories by French, Joseph Lewis

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