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, ↑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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.