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sissiness

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sis·sy  (ss)
n. pl. sis·sies
1. A boy or man regarded as effeminate.
2. A person regarded as timid or cowardly.
3. Informal Sister.
[Diminutive of sis.]
sissi·ness, sissy·ness n.
sissy adj.
sissy·ish adj.
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Noun1.sissiness - 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"
effeminacy, effeminateness, 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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As is well known, the West has followed a remarkable path from Greek pederastic paideia politics (and centuries of its academic interpretation) (Percy, III, 1996), anti-masturbation crusades (Hall, 1991; Pryke, 2005), discussions of the Oedipal stage, the absent father, "developmentally expected" adolescent homosexuality (Spurlock, 2002), "gender disorder" (Sedgwick, 1993; compare Zucker & Spitzer, 2005), sissiness (Grant, 2004), and circumcision (e.
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