UNMANLINESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does unmanliness mean? • UNMANLINESS (noun)
The noun UNMANLINESS has 1 sense:
1. the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
Familiarity information: UNMANLINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• UNMANLINESS (noun)
Meaning:
The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
effeminacy; effeminateness; sissiness; unmanliness; womanishness; softness
Context examples:
the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy / he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him
Hypernyms ("unmanliness" is a kind of...):
femininity; muliebrity (the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women)
Domain usage:
depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unmanliness"):
emasculation (loss of power and masculinity)
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