effeminateness
the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
- the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy
- Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness
- he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him
• Syn:
effeminacy, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness
• Derivationally related forms:
unmanly (for: unmanliness), womanish (for: womanishness), sissy (for: sissiness), effeminate
• Usage Domain:
disparagement, depreciation, derogation
• Hypernyms:
femininity, muliebrity
• Hyponyms:
emasculation
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