effeminacy

Other forms: effeminacies

Definitions of effeminacy
  1. noun
    the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
    synonyms: effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness
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    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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