SISSINESS

effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sissiness (uncountable)

The property of being sissy.

Source: Wiktionary



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