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Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
Karl Marx

Meaning of "fair sex" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FAIR SEX

fair sex play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAIR SEX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fair sex is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAIR SEX

fair and square
fair copy
fair dinkum
fair do´s
fair enough!
fair game
fair go!
Fair Isle
fair play
fair rent
fair to middling
fair trade
fair-haired
fair-haired boy
fair-minded
fair-mindedness
fair-sized
fair-skinned
fair-spoken
fair-spokenness

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAIR SEX

bi sex
gentle sex
gentler sex
gourmet sex
group sex
opposite sex
oral sex
phone sex
recreational sex
safe sex
safer sex
telephone sex
the fair sex
the opposite sex
unprotected sex
unsafe sex
weaker sex

Synonyms and antonyms of fair sex in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fair sex» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAIR SEX

Find out the translation of fair sex to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fair sex from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fair sex» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公平性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bello sexo
570 millions of speakers

English

fair sex
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निष्पक्ष सेक्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجنس عادلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Прекрасный пол
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

belo sexo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুন্দর লিঙ্গ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

beau sexe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seks yang adil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schöne Geschlecht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フェアセックス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공정 섹스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jinis padha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phái đẹp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நியாயமான செக்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोरा सेक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Adaletli seks
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gentil sesso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

płeć piękna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Прекрасна стать
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sex corect
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δίκαιη σεξ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

billike seks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

könet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

smukke kjønn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fair sex

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAIR SEX»

The term «fair sex» is regularly used and occupies the 70.179 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAIR SEX» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fair sex» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fair sex» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fair sex

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2 QUOTES WITH «FAIR SEX»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fair sex.
1
Karl Marx
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
2
John George Nicolay
Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAIR SEX»

Discover the use of fair sex in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fair sex and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fair Sex, Savage Dreams: Race, Psychoanalysis, Sexual Difference
DIVIn Fair Sex, Savage Dreams Jean Walton examines the work of early feminist psychoanalytic writing to decipher in it the unacknowledged yet foundational role of race.
Jean Walton, 2001
2
The Fair Sex: White Women and Racial Patriarchy in the Early ...
Among the Founders who brought the fledgling government into being were those who sought to establish order through the reconstruction of racial and gender hierarchies. In this effort they enlisted “the fair sex,”&#;—white women.
Pauline E. Schloesser, 2002
3
Challenges to the Fair Sex: Indian Woman, Problems, Plights, ...
The challenges, old and new, are taken to the measures of readers. A splendid work with research oriented aspects. A must buy for everyone.
J. L. Gupta, 1988
4
Napoleon and the Fair Sex
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
édéric Masson, 2012
5
Fair sex in unfair society: women and crime
Case study of Kerala, India.
Asha Mathew, 1992
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Verse and the fair sex: studies in Arabic poetry and the ...
studies in Arabic poetry and the representation of women in Arabic literature : a collection of papers presented at the 15th Congress of the Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants (Utrecht/Driebergen, September 13-19, 1990) Union ...
Union européenne des arabisants et islamisants. Congress, F. de Jong, 1993
7
Sketches of the Fair Sex in All Parts of the World
It has been alleged by some of the writers on human nature, that to the fair sex the loss of beauty [p163] is more alarming and insupportable than the loss of life; but even this loss, however opposite to the feelings of their nature, they have ...
Anonymous
8
From Fair Sex to Feminism: Sport and the Socialization of ...
Sport and the Socialization of Women in the Industrial and Post-Industrial Eras J A Mangan, Roberta J Park. affecting a change in public opinion about their physical image at the same time as they were having to accommodate to social ...
J A Mangan, Roberta J Park, 2013
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The Ladies Dictionary (1694)
The ladies dictionary, being a general entertainment for the fair-sex was published in 1694 and offers around 1950 lexical and encyclopaedic entries, the great majority excerpted either verbatim or with some degree of abridgement or ...
N. H., 2010
10
Doctor Johnson and the Fair Sex - A Study of Contrasts
The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
William Henry Craig, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAIR SEX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fair sex is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Budget Must Irrigate Set Objectives
Relatively speaking the engagement of the youth is not that significant as that of members of the fair sex. Hence works will be done to ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
George Hook: I was hooked on women until I met Ingrid
The 74-year-old said his love of the fair sex has cost him a lot over the years and admitted he only became a one-woman man when he met his ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
3
Crimes against women: Odisha among top 10 | Ranchi NYOOOZ
For the fair sex, a dangerous trend looks evolving in Odisha. The rate of crime against women in Odisha has acquired notoriety to such an ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
4
Save girl child pledge goes to dogs
... the Prime Minister stressed on social security for the fair sex in a nationwide radio programme. The dismembered body of the hours-old baby, ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jun 15»
5
Warden's wife aided daring 1902 escape
Kate Soffel was no match for Ed Biddle's strange power over the fair sex. She was considered homely, by one description having a “hook nose, ... «New York Daily News, Jun 15»
6
The calm and the storm
... which he was received with cheers and doled out passionate hugs and kisses to members of both the fairer and the not-so-fair sex alike. «MARCA.com, Jun 15»
7
US joins the club, to put woman on dollar note
... United States has no currency featuring women, although many other countries have reached back into their history to celebrate the fair sex. «Times of India, Jun 15»
8
Harsimrat calls for gender equality
... said all should learn a lesson from the lives of those brave women who were forerunners in protecting the rights and interests of the fair sex. «Times of India, Jun 15»
9
Men seeking sanctuary from equality battle
The fact that the Women's Institute celebrated its 100th anniversary last week says much about the perseverance and drive of the fair sex who, ... «Ellon Times, Jun 15»
10
Where are the Women Leaders?
Although the population of the fair sex in the teaching profession at school-level is high (primary teaching is often seen as a womans job), their ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»

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