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Effeminacy is an English word with synonyms like softness or femininity. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Effeminacy in a sentence

Effeminacy meaning

The quality of being effeminate.

Synonyms of Effeminacy

effeminateness sissiness softness womanishness unmanliness femininity muliebrity

Related words

Other words often associated with Effeminacy or its synonyms:

masculinity trait mildness womanhood unfitness clemency consistence hardness consistency unhealthiness adulthood body

Using Effeminacy

  • The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being effeminate.
  • Useful related words include: effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness.
  • In the example corpus, effeminacy often appears in combinations such as: the effeminacy, effeminacy of.

Context around Effeminacy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

implying 1× widespread 1×

Often after:

used 1×

Sentence patterns with Effeminacy

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and the effeminacy of his 1× avoided the effeminacy of office 1× nickname implying effeminacy used by 1× ridicule of effeminacy 1× the widespread effeminacy in male 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an ancient nickname 1× decline and fall 1× he railed against 1× nonetheless the duo 1× their main mission 1×

Common sentence endings:

effeminate young men 1× of office work 1× or lubberland cockaygne 1× ridicule of effeminacy 1× their lost favourite 1×

Words around Effeminacy

Just before it in the word index:

effelsberg 2 effed 4 effectuator 2 effectuating 2 effectuated 3 effectuate 5

Just after it in the word index:

effeminate 35 effendi 40 efferent 8 effervesce 2 effervescence 14 effervescent 48

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Effeminacy

  • In this selection, "effeminacy" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, implying, widespread and used stand out and add context to how "effeminacy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the effeminacy of his and avoided the effeminacy of office. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "effeminacy" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with effeminacy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Nonetheless, the duo were a standing ridicule of effeminacy. (9 words)

Their main mission was to train a loyal, athletic, masculinized senior bureaucracy that avoided the effeminacy of office work. (19 words)

An ancient nickname implying effeminacy, used by the oldest English writers, and derived from the imaginary fool's paradise, or lubberland, Cockaygne. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Decline and fall Otho He accepted, or appeared to accept, the cognomen of Nero conferred upon him by the shouts of the populace, whom his comparative youth and the effeminacy of his appearance reminded of their lost favourite. (38 words)

He railed against what he saw as the widespread effeminacy in male dancing which, in his opinion, "tragically" stigmatized the genre, alienating boys from entering the field: "Dancing does attract effeminate young men. (33 words)

An ancient nickname implying effeminacy, used by the oldest English writers, and derived from the imaginary fool's paradise, or lubberland, Cockaygne. (22 words)

Example sentences (5)

An ancient nickname implying effeminacy, used by the oldest English writers, and derived from the imaginary fool's paradise, or lubberland, Cockaygne.

Decline and fall Otho He accepted, or appeared to accept, the cognomen of Nero conferred upon him by the shouts of the populace, whom his comparative youth and the effeminacy of his appearance reminded of their lost favourite.

He railed against what he saw as the widespread effeminacy in male dancing which, in his opinion, "tragically" stigmatized the genre, alienating boys from entering the field: "Dancing does attract effeminate young men.

Nonetheless, the duo were a standing ridicule of effeminacy.

Their main mission was to train a loyal, athletic, masculinized senior bureaucracy that avoided the effeminacy of office work.

Common combinations with effeminacy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "effeminacy" in a sentence?
An example: "An ancient nickname implying effeminacy, used by the oldest English writers, and derived from the imaginary fool's paradise, or lubberland, Cockaygne." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "effeminacy" from authentic English texts.
What does "effeminacy" mean?
Effeminacy means: The quality of being effeminate.
What are synonyms of "effeminacy"?
Common synonyms of "effeminacy" include: effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness, femininity, muliebrity.
How many example sentences with "effeminacy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "effeminacy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.