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effeminateness

DEFINITIONS OF: effeminateness

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n the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)

“Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness
Synonyms:
effeminacy, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness
Types:
emasculation
loss of power and masculinity
Type of:
femininity, muliebrity
the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women
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