1. (

• effeminacy ,
• effeminateness ,
• sissiness ,
• softness ,
• womanishness ,
• unmanliness

) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "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" ;