as in feminine
of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities traditionally considered more suitable for women
he had a high and somewhat effeminate voice
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Recent Examples of effeminate
American culture was brilliantly exposed — and neutered — through an effeminate homosexual artist’s application of drag.
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Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022
From an early age, I was considered by other cisgender males of my age to be effeminate.
—Marc Jacobs, Vogue, 13 June 2022
Last year, this manifested itself in sudden and disruptive bans on online tutoring, campaigns against effeminate celebrities, on-and-off restrictions on burning coal and regulatory assaults on consumer Internet companies.
—Greg Ip, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2022
Smit-McPhee grew up in Melbourne not always fitting among the sporty boys at his school, a heterosexual young man with conspicuously effeminate traits.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2021
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Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022
From an early age, I was considered by other cisgender males of my age to be effeminate.
—Marc Jacobs, Vogue, 13 June 2022
Last year, this manifested itself in sudden and disruptive bans on online tutoring, campaigns against effeminate celebrities, on-and-off restrictions on burning coal and regulatory assaults on consumer Internet companies.
—Greg Ip, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2022
Smit-McPhee grew up in Melbourne not always fitting among the sporty boys at his school, a heterosexual young man with conspicuously effeminate traits.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2021
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“Effeminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effeminate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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