effeminacy

Nouns

  • (n) 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
    effeminateness, sissiness, unmanliness, womanishness, softness,

Synonyms

effeminateness sissiness unmanliness womanishness softness

Words of close approximity

effeminate