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SISSINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
Example:
he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him
Synonyms:
effeminacy; effeminateness; sissiness; softness; unmanliness; womanishness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sissiness" 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 "sissiness"):
emasculation (loss of power and masculinity)
Derivation:
sissy (having unsuitable feminine qualities)
