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Noun: effeminacy  i'fe-mu-nu-see
  1. The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
    "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy";
    - effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness

Derived forms: effeminacies

Type of: femininity, muliebrity

Encyclopedia: Effeminacy