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effeminacy Definition

ef·femi·nacy (e fem′ə nə sē, i-)

noun

the quality or state of being effeminate

effeminacy Usage Examples

Preposition: of

    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.