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effeminacy

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ef·fem·i·na·cy  (-fm-n-s)
n.
The quality or condition of being effeminate.
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Noun1.effeminacy - 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"
effeminateness, sissiness, unmanliness, womanishness, softness
femininity, muliebrity - the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women
emasculation - loss of power and masculinity
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something


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Finally, though, as will soon be revealed, its contents partly comprise the most delicate oil; yet, you are now to be apprised of the nature of the substance which so impregnably invests all that apparent effeminacy.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Yet there was a set of the mouth and a prominence of the chin which relieved him of any trace of effeminacy.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
He was a very warlike man, and the armies, being disgusted with the effeminacy of Alexander, of whom I have already spoken, killed him and elected Maximinus to the throne.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
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