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as in effeminacy
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as in tenderness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for effeteness
Noun
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This horror at effeminacy echoes across Baldwin’s novels and essays.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025 -
The researchers theorized this could be in part because of greater stigma toward effeminacy in boys than masculinity in girls.—
Benjamin Ryan,
NBC News,
4 Oct. 2023
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From viral skits to personal storytelling, Alexandra Madison and Jon Bouffard have become a powerful presence in the TikTok universe, drawing in millions with an intimate blend of humor, transparency, and everyday tenderness.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
21 Oct. 2025
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External hemorrhoids, on the other hand, tend to cause itching, tenderness and swelling that can make any sitting uncomfortable.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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This creates a subtle warmth and tactile softness, making the chair ideal for daily use in living rooms, home offices, or family common areas.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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With its feather and down filling, this pillow blends softness and support.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
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The bulk of Jack’s patents were for medical devices, among them a knife used for hair transplants and a prosthetic device for overcoming male impotence.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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That’s one full game of brilliance, and another full game of impotence.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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For the Ukrainian leadership in Kyiv, the occupation of the power plant marked a singular moment of terror and helplessness in a year that had plenty of both.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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For the diaspora characters, hearing the lyrics sharpens both their feelings of solidarity and helplessness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Would-be autocrats create environments of fear and powerlessness, using intimidation, overwhelming force or political and legal attacks, and other coercive tactics to force acquiescence and chill democratic pushback.—
Shelley Inglis,
The Conversation,
19 Oct. 2025
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This grim reality evokes a sense of sorrow and powerlessness among women in Paina Bujurg.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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As Eliot went through a crisis involving his turn to Christianity, Vivien’s invalidism, and his mother’s death, his letters got more and more intense and confessional.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harper’s Magazine ,
17 Aug. 2022
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Each of his figures exists in a limbo of invalidism, enervation, atrophied mythology, Arcadian dreams of bathing beauties, and all our endless Modernist nudes by riverbeds, in parks, beds, stripped naked facing us, or masturbating.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
12 Nov. 2021
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“Effeteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effeteness. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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