effeminacy
noun [ U ] formal usually disapproving uk/ɪˈfem.ɪ.nə.si/ us/əˈfem.ə.nə.si/
女性化;女人气
the state of behaving, looking like, or having qualities similar to a woman
Interest in clothes was taken as a sign of effeminacy. 对服装感兴趣被视为是女性化的标志。
The "effeminacy" attributed to her work is not the sign of her own gender, but of a cultural taste. 她作品中的“女性气质”不是她自身性别的标志,而是一种文化品味的代表。
See: effeminate
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- We reject the idea that there is effeminacy in caring about the way you look.
- He helped lift the long taboo against ostentation and effeminacy in male dress.
- He seemed to have an issue with the other man's effeminacy.