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women are wonderful effect

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The phenomenon in psychological and sociological research that people seem to associate more positive attributes with women in general than with men in general, reflecting an emotional bias.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences, social-science, sociology

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Etymology

Coined by Eagly & Mladinic (1994).