A person with a round, pretty face resembling a doll; a term of endearment or theatrical descriptor.
English compound: 'doll' + 'face,' from the comparison of a person's face to a doll's conventionally attractive features.
This term reveals beauty standards of specific eras—calling someone 'dollface' encoded an ideal of round, symmetrical, conventionally cute features that was valued in mid-20th-century popular culture.
Slang term that emerged in early 20th-century America, objectifying women by reducing them to their facial appearance and comparing them to dolls. Often used patronizingly toward women.
Avoid entirely in respectful discourse. If discussing its historical use, contextualize as a dated, diminishing term.
["[person's name/descriptor]","individual","woman (when appropriate)"]
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