everywoman means in fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary woman. It carries an Arena rating of 1515, earned across 34 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, everywoman ranks #27 of 13,226 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #1,076 of 13,226 for Most Storied Words, #2,365 of 13,226 for Most Malleable Words, #3,989 of 13,226 for Most Ingenious Words.
everywoman is pronounced /ˈɛvɹiːˌwʊmən/.
Why “everywoman” is a great word
EVERYWOMAN — [Noun] In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypal ordinary woman who represents the common experiences of women in general. From the English words 'every' and 'woman', modelled on the earlier archetype 'everyman'. First attested in 1903. Unlike "everyman" (which universalizes the male experience) or "heroine" (which elevates a singular, exceptional figure), the everywoman is a vessel for the specific and the shared. She is the woman leaving the factory gate with weary shoulders, the mother weighing coins at a market stall, the neighbor drawing her curtains at dusk—a composite silhouette cast against the ordinary light of day, reminding us that the universal is often found in the quiet details of a particular life.
Etymology
From every + woman, modelled on earlier everyman.
noun
- In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary woman.
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