NOUN | attribute | sissiness, effeminacy, effeminateness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness | the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) |
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Meaning | The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man). | |
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Synonyms | effeminacy, effeminateness, 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 | |
Adjectives | sissy | having unsuitable feminine qualities |
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