English > effeminateness: 1 sense > noun 1, attributeMeaning | The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man). |
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Example | "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness" |
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Synonyms | effeminacy, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness |
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Narrower | emasculation | Loss of power and masculinity |
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Broader | femininity, muliebrity | The trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women |
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Usage of | disparagement, depreciation, derogation | A communication that belittles somebody or something |
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Spanish | afeminación, afeminamiento, pluma |
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Catalan | ploma |
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Adjectives | effeminate | having unsuitable feminine qualities |
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