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effeminateness - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'effeminateness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Effeminateness [ n.]
- The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness.

Meaning of 'effeminateness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . effeminateness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
Example in sentence:
  • he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him;
  • Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness;
  • the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy