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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
Noun
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With spare, gripping sentences, Cagnati tells a sobering tale of suffering and tenderness.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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Jack wanted to find the tenderness in a story most people remember as relentless.—
Joel Wilson,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
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Even the fries deserved praise, arriving hot and crisp with just enough softness inside.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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Last quarter, Barry said the company was seeing a divergence in higher-income shoppers and lower-income shoppers, with softness in higher-cost item sales.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Decadence is sensuality and impotence, opulence and decay.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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But these songs are also honest, sometimes despite themselves, about the feelings of impotence associated with watching history play out on a screen.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Detainees can also feel helplessness because of the complexity surrounding immigration law.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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Linda wields her absolute power over Bradley like a cudgel, exploiting his helplessness to emotionally abuse and manipulate him.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 May 2026
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The Wolf’s nudity could be read as a metaphor for his acceptance of his powerlessness, his willingness to listen with humility, and his purity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Violence can come from feelings of powerlessness and desperation.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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Since the 1970s, feminist scholars have been actively documenting the ways menstruation has been used to ground false arguments about women’s weakness, invalidism, and inferiority in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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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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“Effeteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effeteness. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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