Etymology

From man +‎ -domCategory:English terms suffixed with -dom#MANDOM.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmændəm/Category:English 2-syllable words#MANDOMCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MANDOM

Noun

mandom (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#MANDOMCategory:English nouns#MANDOMCategory:English uncountable nouns#MANDOMCategory:English uncountable nouns#MANDOMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MANDOMCategory:Pages with entries#MANDOMCategory:Pages with 2 entries#MANDOM

1. (datedCategory:English dated terms#MANDOM) mankind
   • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile:

     Nay without this law / Of mandom, ye would perish, — beast by beast / Devouring, — tree by tree, with strangling roots / And trunks set tuskwise.

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Anagrams

• mod man

Etymology

From Old SwedishCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish#MANDOMCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish#MANDOM mandomber, equivalent to man +‎ -domCategory:Swedish terms suffixed with -dom#MANDOM. Compare Danish manddom.

Noun

mandom cCategory:Swedish lemmas#MANDOMCategory:Swedish nouns#MANDOMCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#MANDOMCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#MANDOMCategory:Pages with entries#MANDOMCategory:Pages with 2 entries#MANDOM

1. manhood (state of being a man)
2. manhood (euphemism of male genitalia)
3. (rareCategory:Swedish terms with rare senses#MANDOM) bravery, courage

   Synonyms: mannamod, tapperhet

4. (datedCategory:Swedish dated terms#MANDOM) (incarnation in) human form

   Han tog mandom.

   He took human form.

   Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#MANDOM

   • 1891, Viktor Rydberg, Vapensmeden [The Armorer]‎, Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     Lars [...] kände som om hans ord tagit mandom och [stod] framför honom.

     Lars felt as if his words had taken human form and stood before him.

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   • 2009, Bengt Pohjanen, “Den nicenska trosbekännelsen [The Nicene Creed]”, in Kristi förklarings ortodoxa kyrka‎, archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     Jag tror på [...] en enda Herre, Jesus Kristus, [...] som för oss människor och för vår salighets skull har stigit ner från himmelen och tagit mandom.

     I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, who for us human beings, and for the sake of our salvation, has come down from heaven and taken human form.

     Category:Swedish terms with quotations#MANDOM

References

• “mandom”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)