fair sex

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fair seks]
- /fɛər sɛks/
- /feə(r) seks/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fair seks]
- /fɛər sɛks/

Definitions of fair sex words

noun fair sex women as a group (usually used facetiously): an insult to the fair sex. 1
noun fair sex This is a dated term, usually used for humorous effect. It uses the word fair in the sense of “physically attractive”; because it refers to a woman in terms of her appearance, it is sometimes perceived as demeaning. 1
noun fair sex women, girls 1
singular noun fair sex If a man talks about the fair sex, he is referring to women in general. 0
noun fair sex women collectively 0
noun fair sex (Idiomatic) (dated, now sometimes offensive) Women collectively. 0

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Origin of fair sex

First appearance:

before 1680

One of the 48% oldest English words

First recorded in 1680-90

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Fair sex

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Fair sex

fair sex popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for fair sex

noun fair sex

gentle sex — women in general (usually used facetiously): courtesy toward the gentle sex.
women — plural of woman.
womenfolk — women in general; all women.

All 3 Synonyms of fair sex