womanishness

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wom·an·ish (w

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adj.

1. Of, characteristic of, or natural to a woman. See Synonyms at female.

2. Resembling, imitative of, or suggestive of a woman.

woman·ish·ly adv.

woman·ish·ness n.

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Noun

womanishness - 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, sissiness, unmanliness, 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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depreciation derogation disparagement effeminacy Effeminateness Effemination emasculation femininity muliebrity sissiness softness unmanliness womanish			Yes; you sometimes have to answer a woman according to her womanishness, just as you have to answer a fool according to his folly. An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context And is there not illiberality and avarice in robbing a corpse, and also a degree of meanness and womanishness in making an enemy of the dead body when the real enemy has flown away and left only his fighting gear behind him,--is not this rather like a dog who cannot get at his assailant, quarrelling with the stones which strike him instead? The Republic by Plato View in context			woman doctor woman driver woman friend woman hater woman of letters woman of the hour woman of the house woman of the street woman of the world woman suffrage woman teacher woman's body Woman's Christian Temperance Union woman's clothing woman's doctor woman's hat woman-hater woman-to-woman woman-worship womanfully Womanhead womanhood womanise womaniser womanish womanishness womanist womanize womanizer womanizing womankind Womanless womanlike womanliness womanly womanpower womb womb-to-tomb wombat Womby women Women's Army Corps Women's Institute women's lib women's libber Women's Liberation women's liberation movement women's liberationist women's movement women's refuge women's rightist			Woman's Sufferage Woman's suffrage woman-hater Woman-killer Woman-Owned Business Woman-owned Business Enterprise Woman-Owned Small Business woman-to-woman woman-to-woman woman-to-woman woman-worship woman-year Womanfriend womanfully Womanhead womanhood womanhood womanhood womanhood womanise womanise womanise womanised womaniser womaniser womaniser womanisers womanises womanish womanishly womanishness womanising womanism womanist Womanist theology womanists womanize womanize womanize womanized womanizer womanizer womanizer womanizers womanizes womanizing womanizing womanizing womankind womankind womanless womanless womanless womanless womanlier womanliest womanlike womanlike womanlike womanliness womanly

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