effeminateness

Noun

Meaning

The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

softness effeminacy sissiness unmanliness womanishness kindness delicacy femininity gentleness womanhood androgyny docility emasculation distaff muliebrity

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Antonyms

manliness violence masculinity harshness

Hypernyms

femininity muliebrity

Hyponyms

emasculation

Examples

the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy Source: Internet

Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness Source: Internet

he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

effeminate man effeminate plant effeminately effemination effeminatize effeminise