effeminize
Strip masculine traits
To effeminize is to make feminine or womanly, especially applied to men or boys in a disparaging way: Critics argued that coddling would effeminize young men.
The word carries the assumption that feminine qualities in males represent weakness or degradation.
Also spelled effeminise (British).
Deprive of courage
- weakenReduce in strength
- disempowerRemove capacity to act
- demasculinizeRemove masculine traits
- debilitateTo make weak
enervate · undermine · neuter · soften · subdue · diminish · emasculate · castrate
Having feminine maturity
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- gracefulElegant in movement
- gentleSoft and kind
- daintyDelicately small and pretty
ladylike · refined · elegant · sensitive · soft · prettify · beautify · adorn
Gender-based prejudice
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- stigmatizeMark with dishonor
- typecastRepeatedly assigned similar roles
pigeonhole · caricature · misogyny · homophobia · discrimination · label · mock · ridicule
unman
Deprive of courage
- weakenReduce in strength
- disempowerRemove capacity to act
- demasculinizeRemove masculine traits
debilitate · enervate · undermine · neuter · soften · subdue · diminish · emasculate · castrate · defang
womanly
Having feminine maturity
dainty · ladylike · refined · elegant · sensitive · soft · prettify · beautify · adorn · girlish
sexism
Gender-based prejudice
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- stigmatizeMark with dishonor
typecast · pigeonhole · caricature · misogyny · homophobia · discrimination · label · mock · ridicule · demean
effeminizemasculinize
Make more male-typical
virilize · emasculate · macho up · man up · butch up
female, feminine, feminism, femininity, effeminate, effeminacy, effeminateness, effeminately, effeminates