unmanliness

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unmanliness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  unmanliness
      n 1: 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" [syn:
           effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness,
           womanishness, unmanliness]