effeminacy
Example Sentences
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Dandyism’s persistent associations with criminality, effeminacy and homosexuality would achieve notoriety in Oscar Wilde’s 1895 trials.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
This was defined by a cultivated or performed effeminacy, including make-up, falsetto, and the use of "camp names" and female pronouns.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2022
Through his balletic gait and florid presentation, Mercury rubbed the nose of Live Aid’s global audience in a powerful brand of effeminacy, seducing them into adoring something they might otherwise view with contempt.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2018
With Abe and his effeminacy, Chabon is all patience.
From Slate • May 17, 2018
The Asiatic pomp which had been adopted by the pride of Diocletian assumed an air of softness and effeminacy in the person of Constantine.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
