"superwoman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: superwomen [plural]
Etymology: From super- + woman. From 1943's Superwoman, published by DC Comics in 1943. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|super-|woman}} super- + woman Head templates: {{en-noun|superwomen}} superwoman (plural superwomen)
  1. (informal) A woman who looks after a home and children as well as being employed in a full-time job. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Female people, Parents, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-superwoman-en-noun-1KiCLhBz Disambiguation of Female people: 76 24 Disambiguation of Parents: 89 11 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with super- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with super-: 75 25
  2. A woman with superhuman powers. Categories (topical): Fictional abilities, Fictional characters, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-superwoman-en-noun-e-5wobho Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 27 73 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 37 63 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: supermom Translations (exceptional woman): অতিমানবী (otimanbi) (Bengali), superžena [feminine] (Czech), superhomino (Esperanto), teräsnainen (Finnish), superfemme [feminine] (French), surfemme [feminine] (French), superwoman (english: anglicism) [feminine] (French), Superfrau [feminine] (German), אשת חיל (eshet khail) [feminine] (Hebrew), supermujer [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'exceptional woman': 45 55

Inflected forms

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