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effeminacy definition

ef·femi·nacy (e fem′ə nə sē, i-)

noun

the quality or state of being effeminate

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effeminacy Usage Examples

Preposition: that

  • problematisation: In other words, it is through a historicising of effeminacy that the problematisation of masculinity emerged and became an issue in my work.

Converse of object

  • relate: What I found particularly fascinating is how effeminacy related to English anxieties about the seductiveness of France.

Preposition: in

  • man: In all periods of decline and social decadence... softness, introversion, inversion and general effeminacy in men proliferates.
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