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| has gloss | (noun) 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" unmanliness, softness, effeminateness, effeminacy, womanishness, sissiness |
| has gloss | eng: Effeminacy describes having traits that are more often associated with traditional feminine behaviour, conduct, style and gender roles rather than masculine behaviour, conduct, style and roles. |
| lexicalization | eng: effeminacy |
| lexicalization | eng: effeminateness |
| lexicalization | eng: sissiness |
| lexicalization | eng: softness |
| lexicalization | eng: unmanliness |
| lexicalization | eng: womanishness |
| subclass of | (noun) the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women femininity, muliebrity |
| has subclass | (noun) loss of power and masculinity emasculation |
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| Asturian | |
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| lexicalization | ast: afemamientu |
| lexicalization | ast: amuyeramientu |
| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: zženštilost |
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| lexicalization | ces: změkčilost |
| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Effemination bezeichnet Weiblichkeit bzw. Feminität von Verhalten, Erscheinung oder Haltung von meist männlichen Personen, aber auch von Gesellschaften oder Gegenständen. Das deutsche Wort Effemination kommt vom lateinischen: effeminatus - verweichlicht, weibisch. Das altgriechische Wort für einen femininen Mann ist (malakos), wörtlich weich. |
| lexicalization | deu: Effemination |
| lexicalization | deu: Unmännlichkeit |
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| lexicalization | deu: Verweichlichung |
| lexicalization | deu: Weibischkeit |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: molaĉeco |
| Finnish | |
| lexicalization | fin: epämiehekkyys |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: efféminement |
| Hindi | |
| lexicalization | hin: apOruRa |
| lexicalization | hin: janAnApana |
| Croatian | |
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| lexicalization | hrv: raznježenost |
| Armenian | |
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| lexicalization | hye: փափկասիրություն |
| Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) | |
| lexicalization | ina: effemination |
| Indonesian | |
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| lexicalization | ind: sifat seperti kewanita-wanitaan |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: effeminatezza |
| Korean | |
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| lexicalization | kor: 유약 |
| lexicalization | kor: 여자 같음 |
| lexicalization | kor: 우유 부단 |
| Dutch | |
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| lexicalization | nld: effeminatie |
| lexicalization | nld: verwijfdheid |
| Polish | |
| lexicalization | pol: zniewieściałość |
| Russian | |
| lexicalization | rus: женственность |
| lexicalization | rus: женоподобие |
| Slovak | |
| lexicalization | slk: zženštilosť |
| Castilian | |
| has gloss | spa: Se conoce como pluma al conjunto de actitudes, gestos, la vestimenta, etc. de una persona, que se identifican como estereotípicamente pertenecientes al sexo opuesto. Por ejemplo, un hombre hablando con un tono de voz agudo y afectado, o una mujer con una camisa amplia de cuadros y el pelo corto. Normalmente se asume que la persona con pluma es homosexual, aunque no sea así en todos los casos. |
| lexicalization | spa: pluma |
| lexicalization | spa: carácter afeminado |
| Serbian | |
| has gloss | srp: Ефеминација је појава када особа, која је по спољашњем изгледу и секундарним полним карактеристикама мушкарац, манифестује осећања карактеристична за жену, сматра се женом, а често се тако и понаша. Једна група таквих особа су трансвестити. |
| lexicalization | srp: Ефеминација |
| Turkish | |
| lexicalization | tur: femininlik |
| Ukrainian | |
| lexicalization | ukr: жіночність |
| lexicalization | ukr: немужність |
| Yue Chinese | |
| has gloss | yue: 女人型（人讀忍；英文effeminate，effeminacy）又叫乸型，指種男人，其行為或裝扮好似女人。 |
| lexicalization | yue: 女人型 |
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| similar | e/Effeminacy |
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| media:img | 2004-GayPrideBrazil-1.jpeg |
| media:img | 2005-GayPrideSaoPaulo-Truck1.jpg |
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