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Womanishness

noun
1.
The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man).  Synonyms: effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness.  "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"






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"Womanishness" Quotes from Famous Books



... there not illiberality and avarice in robbing a corpse, and also a degree of meanness and womanishness in making an enemy of the dead body when the real enemy has flown away and left only his fighting gear behind him,—is not this rather like a dog who cannot get at his assailant, quarrelling with the ...
— The Republic • Plato



Words linked to "Womanishness" :   womanish, disparagement, emasculation, femininity, derogation, muliebrity, depreciation, unmanliness, sissiness



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