sisterhood
an organization of women with a common interest, as for social, charitable, business, or political purposes.
congenial relationship or companionship among women; mutual female esteem, concern, support, etc.
Usually the sisterhood. the community or network of women who participate in or support feminism.
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How to use sisterhood in a sentence
I like how Alice Walker created with this book — and it continues in the musical version — a beautiful story of sisterhood and the power women have to change their lives and world around them when they come together in support and love.
Frenchie Davis wows as Sofia in ‘The Color Purple’ | Patrick Folliard | August 18, 2022 | Washington BladeA lighter approach to the mixed messages women receive about rivalry and sisterhood can make for wickedly effective comedy.
This is really a novel of sisterhood, of women finding clever routes to claiming their power, given all the roadblocks men have historically thrown up before them.
Why Nun Stories Are About to Become Your Next Pop-Culture Obsession | Stephanie Zacharek | September 2, 2021 | TimeThe friendship between Janis and Ana is at times frayed but ultimately forges itself into something stronger than sisterhood, and Smit and Cruz carry us deftly through its evolution.
Penélope Cruz Gives One of the Best Performances of Her Career in Pedro Almodóvar's Parallel Mothers | Stephanie Zacharek | September 1, 2021 | TimeWhile they wait for justice, the support of the sisterhood has fortified some of the first accusers.
Dozens of Women Accused Famous Intellectual Andrés Roemer of Sexual Abuse. They Came Together to Make the World Listen | Meaghan Beatley | June 1, 2021 | Time
They are now in essence a sisterhood joined together by a vile incident.
And the negative reaction to it was surprising because it really seemed to prove your point about the lack of “sisterhood.”
Shailene Woodley on ‘The Fault in Our Stars,’ That Nasty 'Time' Piece, and the F-Word | Marlow Stern | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Deadly sisterhood By Leonie Frieda A historical examination of the unique power held by eight women of 15th-century Italy.
Is there some secret sisterhood of Royal dress sharing we mere mortals are kept in the dark about?
Over dinner in Beverly Hills recently, the sisterhood was palpable.
Push Girls on Sundance: Summer’s Most Surprising Show | Maria Elena Fernandez | May 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFrulein Timm belongs to the single sisterhood, but is one of the fresh and placid kind, and as neat as wax.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayA spirit of sisterhood among women would have sadly upset the social scheme, as it has been hitherto conceived.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdI look with veneration upon those of our sisterhood who have grown old in the classroom.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonSavannah suffered least of the fair Atlantic sisterhood, from the blockade.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals | T. C. DeLeonThe sisterhood, the maidens, flocking round the young waterman, and urging him along the stream of duty and of temperance.
The Pickwick Papers | Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for sisterhood
/ (ˈsɪstəˌhʊd) /
the state of being related as a sister or sisters
a religious body or society of sisters, esp a community, order, or congregation of nuns
the bond between women who support the Women's Movement
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