A bond of mutual identity, care, and solidarity among women or girls.
Reach for it when naming supportive connection when the gendered relationship is relevant and welcomed
Their sisterhood grew through shared work, candid advice, and dependable care.
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everyday
Fits when belonging within a wider group is the plain idea
Careful Community is broader and does not guarantee personal support.
everyday
mutual support
Fits when practical care in both directions needs emphasis
Careful Support can occur without shared identity or lasting bond.
warm
Fits when easy trust formed through shared activity is visible
Careful Camaraderie can be temporary and is not specifically about women.
warm
Fits when companionship and shared purpose matter
Careful Fellowship can carry religious or gendered historical associations of its own.
professional
Fits when committed mutual support around shared interests is central
Careful Solidarity can unite any group and need not feel familial.
professional
sorority
Fits when an actual women's social organization is meant
Careful Sorority incorrectly implies membership in a formal group elsewhere.
literary
Fits when a felt bond grows from common experience
Careful Kinship may be cross-gender and need not lead to mutual action.
sense of sisterhood
A sense of sisterhood developed without requiring everyone to agree.
global sisterhood
The campaign invoked global sisterhood while respecting local differences.
bond of sisterhood
Their bond of sisterhood survived distance and professional rivalry.
Keep in mind
Sisterhood is gendered. It should not erase nonbinary people, presume intimacy, or imply that all women share one experience.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Wodencafe, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC0 Updated
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