as in unmanly
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Why beef culture and agriculture matter in Texas Some of Talarico's critics seemed to be ripping on his manhood, referencing his support for the LGBTQ+ community, along with the purportedly unmanly notion of having, at one time, eschewed meat.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
29 May 2026 -
Clever rather than athletic; also unmanly.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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The term kothi applies to a broad category of people assigned male at birth who are effeminate to varying degrees and might engage in same-sex relationships, but do not live in separate communities.—
Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 May 2026
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One of the earliest of American masculinity influencers was President Theodore Roosevelt, who touted his own transformation from a timid, effeminate man – local presses mocked him in his early career – to a rugged outdoorsman.—
Miriam Eve Mora,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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Such divisions shaped the critical reception of her work, with feminine and delicate being recurring adjectives.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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To be born male and live as feminine is understood, in certain Hindu frameworks, as embodying that same threshold.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
1 June 2026
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Known for her breathy, sultry yet girlish vocal style, Longet achieved significant success on the record charts, beginning with her 1967 debut album, Claudine, and, to a lesser extent, the subsequent The Look of Love (1967) and Love Is Blue (1968).—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Miho Sakoda’s Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San) managed a deft balance of girlish naiveté, true love and bitter betrayal with a soprano of apparently limitless expressivity.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The obvious split between masculine, feminine, and implicitly unmasculine is key to Campion’s pompous storytelling.—
Armond White,
National Review,
31 Dec. 2021
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On the other side of the divide, college is viewed as meandering, luxurious, usurious, and somehow unmasculine, which explains the increasing college gender gap (not only in enrollment, but increasingly completion).—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes,
15 Oct. 2021
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Marant launched her label and had her first show in 1994, quickly becoming a byword for a hip, womanly brand of boho chic.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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On the left: a photograph of a blurred womanly figure, her white dress smeared into an avian or angelic wingspan, her head eerily effaced, allowing the forest behind her to show sharply through.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Unmacho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmacho. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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