English > unmanliness: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute| Meaning | The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man). |
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| Synonyms | effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness |
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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 | unmanly | not possessing qualities befitting a man |
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| unmanly | lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution |