Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who performs all the duties typically associated with several different full-time roles, such as wage earner, graduate student, mother, and wife.
- noun A woman with more than human powers.
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- noun informal A
woman who looks after a home and children as well as beingemployed in a full-time job. - noun A woman with
superhuman powers.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ms Horlick was dubbed 'superwoman' for balancing her high profile City career with bringing up her six children.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Donna Bowater 2012
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And from the outside, people tell me I'm a "superwoman" - running a growing company, raising two young boys (four and one) and still finding time to chat with my husband each day.
Meredith L. Blake: Mother's Day: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': A for Attachment Meredith L. Blake 2010
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And from the outside, people tell me I'm a "superwoman" - running a growing company, raising two young boys four and one and still finding time to chat with my husband each day.
Meredith L. Blake: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': A for Attachment Meredith L. Blake 2010
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And from the outside, people tell me I'm a "superwoman" - running a growing company, raising two young boys (four and one) and still finding time to chat with my husband each day.
Meredith L. Blake: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': A for Attachment 2010
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To blame may be what some are calling the superwoman syndrome.
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To blame may be what some are calling the superwoman syndrome.
ProWomanProLife » Warning: If you need that many pills, you’re probably doing too much 2010
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To blame may be what some are calling the superwoman syndrome.
Barbara Ficarra: Worried About Popping Pills If You're a Superwoman? 2010
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To blame may be what some are calling the superwoman syndrome.
Barbara Ficarra: Worried About Popping Pills If You're a Superwoman? Barbara Ficarra 2010
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To blame may be what some are calling the superwoman syndrome.
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If I sound like I want to be superwoman, that is not me at all.
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