UNMANLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unmanliness mean? 

• UNMANLINESS (noun)
  The noun UNMANLINESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)

  Familiarity information: UNMANLINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNMANLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

effeminacy; effeminateness; sissiness; softness; unmanliness; womanishness

Context example:

he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him

Hypernyms ("unmanliness" 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 "unmanliness"):

emasculation (loss of power and masculinity)

Derivation:

unmanly (lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful)

unmanly (not possessing qualities befitting a man)