effeminacy (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *effeminacy*:
NOUN	attribute	effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness	the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)

English > *effeminacy*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man).
Example	"the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"
Synonyms	effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness
Narrower	emasculation	Loss of power and masculinity
Broader	femininity, muliebrity	The trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women
Usage of	disparagement, depreciation, derogation	A communication that belittles somebody or something
Spanish	afeminación, afeminamiento, pluma
Catalan	ploma

HyperDic: effeminacy