Effeminacy
[ɪ'femɪnəsɪ]
Definition
(noun.) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); 'the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy'; 'Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness'; 'he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him'.
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Definition
(n.) Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men.
Checker: Velma
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Weakness, softness, timidity, womanish delicacy.
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Examples
- The Roman writers were always lamenting the effeminacy of the age. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He had delicate features, redeemed from effeminacy by the swarthiness of his complexion, and his quick intensity of expression. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The one producing a temper of hardness and ferocity, the other of softness and effeminacy, I replied. Plato. The Republic.
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