noun
the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
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the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy
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Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness
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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, ↑effeminateness, ↑sissiness, ↑softness, ↑unmanliness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑unmanly (for: ↑unmanliness), ↑womanish, ↑sissy (for: ↑sissiness), ↑effeminate (for: ↑effeminateness)
• Usage Domain: ↑disparagement, ↑depreciation, ↑derogation
• Hypernyms: ↑femininity, ↑muliebrity
• Hyponyms: ↑emasculation
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noun (-es) : the quality or state of being womanish
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womˈanishness noun
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Main Entry: ↑woman
Useful english dictionary. 2012.