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Womanishness

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Noun

1. effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness

the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Womanishness

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adjective
1. 
having qualities or characteristics regarded as unsuitable to a strong character of any gender, esp a man
2. 
characteristic of or suitable for a woman

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Womanishness

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adjective
like, characteristic of, or suitable to a woman; feminine or effeminate

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Womanishness

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adj.
1. Of, characteristic of, or suitable to a woman, especially when considered inferior to a man: "He had long known ... that Burgundy is better than that womanish drink, champagne" (Sinclair Lewis).
2. Imitative or suggestive of a woman rather than a man: "With a womanish gesture he lifted a lock of silver hair from his forehead and smoothed it back on his head" (Carson McCullers).

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