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WOMANISHNESS

• WOMANISHNESS (noun)
The noun WOMANISHNESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)

Familiarity information: WOMANISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.

• WOMANISHNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("womanishness" 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 "womanishness"):

emasculation (loss of power and masculinity)

"Love is blind."
(English proverb)
"One's own simple bread is much better than someone else's pilaf."
(Azerbaijani proverb)
"The person who pours water to other is the last one to drink."
(Arabic proverb)
"A thin cat and a fat woman are the shame of a household."
(Corsican proverb)

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femininity definition
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