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    SISSINESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)play

    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)

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