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effeminacy
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noun (n)
- the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)(noun.attribute)Example:
The students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(noun)source: webster1913