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Meaning of "effeminize" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EFFEMINIZE

effeminize  [ɪˈfɛmɪˌnaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EFFEMINIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Effeminize is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb effeminize in English.

WHAT DOES EFFEMINIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of effeminize in the English dictionary

The definition of effeminize in the dictionary is to make like a woman. Other definition of effeminize is to become like a woman.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EFFEMINIZE

PRESENT

Present
I effeminize
you effeminize
he/she/it effeminizes
we effeminize
you effeminize
they effeminize
Present continuous
I am effeminizing
you are effeminizing
he/she/it is effeminizing
we are effeminizing
you are effeminizing
they are effeminizing
Present perfect
I have effeminized
you have effeminized
he/she/it has effeminized
we have effeminized
you have effeminized
they have effeminized
Present perfect continuous
I have been effeminizing
you have been effeminizing
he/she/it has been effeminizing
we have been effeminizing
you have been effeminizing
they have been effeminizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I effeminized
you effeminized
he/she/it effeminized
we effeminized
you effeminized
they effeminized
Past continuous
I was effeminizing
you were effeminizing
he/she/it was effeminizing
we were effeminizing
you were effeminizing
they were effeminizing
Past perfect
I had effeminized
you had effeminized
he/she/it had effeminized
we had effeminized
you had effeminized
they had effeminized
Past perfect continuous
I had been effeminizing
you had been effeminizing
he/she/it had been effeminizing
we had been effeminizing
you had been effeminizing
they had been effeminizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will effeminize
you will effeminize
he/she/it will effeminize
we will effeminize
you will effeminize
they will effeminize
Future continuous
I will be effeminizing
you will be effeminizing
he/she/it will be effeminizing
we will be effeminizing
you will be effeminizing
they will be effeminizing
Future perfect
I will have effeminized
you will have effeminized
he/she/it will have effeminized
we will have effeminized
you will have effeminized
they will have effeminized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been effeminizing
you will have been effeminizing
he/she/it will have been effeminizing
we will have been effeminizing
you will have been effeminizing
they will have been effeminizing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would effeminize
you would effeminize
he/she/it would effeminize
we would effeminize
you would effeminize
they would effeminize
Conditional continuous
I would be effeminizing
you would be effeminizing
he/she/it would be effeminizing
we would be effeminizing
you would be effeminizing
they would be effeminizing
Conditional perfect
I would have effeminize
you would have effeminize
he/she/it would have effeminize
we would have effeminize
you would have effeminize
they would have effeminize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been effeminizing
you would have been effeminizing
he/she/it would have been effeminizing
we would have been effeminizing
you would have been effeminizing
they would have been effeminizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you effeminize
we let´s effeminize
you effeminize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to effeminize
Past participle
effeminized
Present Participle
effeminizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EFFEMINIZE


albumenise
ælˈbjuːmɪˌnaɪz
albumenize
ælˈbjuːmɪˌnaɪz
albuminise
ˈælbjʊmɪˌnaɪz
albuminize
ˈælbjʊmɪˌnaɪz
aluminise
əˈluːmɪˌnaɪz
aluminize
əˈluːmɪˌnaɪz
bituminise
bɪˈtjuːmɪˌnaɪz
bituminize
bɪˈtjuːmɪˌnaɪz
deaminise
diːˈæmɪˌnaɪz
deaminize
diːˈæmɪˌnaɪz
defeminise
diːˈfɛmɪˌnaɪz
defeminize
diːˈfemɪˌnaɪz
feminise
ˈfɛmɪˌnaɪz
feminize
ˈfɛmɪˌnaɪz
hominize
ˈhɒmɪˌnaɪz
phenomenise
fɪˈnɒmɪˌnaɪz
phenomenize
fɪˈnɒmɪˌnaɪz
scrutinize
ˈskruːtɪˌnaɪz
vitaminise
ˈvɪtəmɪˌnaɪz
vitaminize
ˈvɪtəmɪˌnaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EFFEMINIZE

effectuality
effectually
effectualness
effectuate
effectuation
effeir
effeminacy
effeminate
effeminately
effeminateness
effendi
efference
efferent
efferently
effervesce
effervescence
effervescency
effervescent
effervescently
effervescible

WORDS THAT END LIKE EFFEMINIZE

alkalinize
attitudinize
chlorinize
cocainize
cutinize
defibrinize
desalinize
divinize
gelatinize
kaolinize
keratinize
Latinize
masculinize
organize
patinize
platinize
porcelainize
resinize
routinize
serpentinize
trichinize

Synonyms and antonyms of effeminize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «effeminize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EFFEMINIZE

Find out the translation of effeminize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of effeminize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «effeminize» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

effeminize
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

effeminize
570 millions of speakers

English

effeminize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

effeminize
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

effeminize
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

effeminize
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

effeminize
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

effeminize
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

effeminize
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Effeminize
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

effeminize
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

effeminize
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

effeminize
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Effeminize
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

effeminize
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

effeminize
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपमान करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

effeminize
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

effeminize
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

effeminize
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

effeminize
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

effeminize
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

effeminize
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

effeminize
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

effeminize
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

effeminize
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of effeminize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EFFEMINIZE»

The term «effeminize» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.337 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EFFEMINIZE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «effeminize» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «effeminize» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about effeminize

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EFFEMINIZE»

Discover the use of effeminize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to effeminize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Perfecting the Winner in You
effeminize,. humiliate. and. make. the. human. male. socially. irrelevant, God's plan for him is unchanged. The human male is very special to his Creator, and for this reason, God's plans for him extends beyond this lifetime and into eternity.
Trevor M. Chase
2
The Mirror of the Self: Sexuality, Self-Knowledge, and the ...
was precisely to effeminize (ekthelunai) those who looked in them (insidiously, combs and perfume were part of the package [Ant. Rom. 7.9.4]). As this story suggests, the mirror is credited with the potential to transform the virile man into an ...
Shadi Bartsch, 2006
3
Beyond Bougie
Stephen Earley Jordan II's "Beyond Bougie" transcends race with dynamic creative nonfiction, essays and poetry.
Stephen Earley Jordan, II, 2006
4
The times' whistle: or, a newe daunce of seven satires, and ...
968 Some curle their pates to make their lookes more fair-,1 Others delight to wear a locke of haire, A lovelocke, which being of the longest size Doth the lewd wearer quite effeminize. 972 Nay some with fucus will besmear their face, It ads to ...
‎1871
5
Enacting Gender on the English Renaissance Stage
Jupiter seizes the tokens of his marriage to the queen of heaven in a "theft" so that Ganymede can "tricke" (45) himself with them and so transform their significance; in the terms ofantitheatricalism, Ganymede will here effeminize himself, ...
Viviana Comensoli, Anne Russell, 1999
6
Confronting Power, Theorizing Gender: Interdisciplinary ...
This need for change is not because of any feminist agenda to emasculate men or effeminize boys, but because changes in Caribbean political economy in the last thirty years require a reorganization of work in the domestic sphere.
Eudine Barriteau, 2003
7
Confronting the Body: The Politics of Physicality in ...
There was a project to 'effeminize' the Bengali body and to make the 'northern' body 'martial': yet both ideas were based on the presumed physical and moral superiority of the European body. However, this negation produced two colonial ...
James H. Mills, Satadru Sen, 2004
8
Post-closet Masculinities in Early Modern England
In the epigram at the beginning of this chapter, Donne faces a similar problem of defining himself in relationship to the body of Woman, which threatens to effeminize him. Yet Donne realizes that a man cannot simply do away with her body, ...
Andrew William Barnes, 2009
9
Men and Masculinities in Christianity and Judaism: A ...
The complications, however, have just begun, since, paradoxically, such paternal generativity, in which the (spiritual) word is a substitute for the (material) womb, relies on discursive strategies that effeminize men. As a feminist cultural ...
Björn Krondorfer, 2009
10
Sacred Players: The Politics of Response in the Middle ...
... en- couraged by Vice figures with definitive connections to the Catholic clergy —Wager works to effeminize Catholic ritual and practice, making Mary into an emphatically female model of indulged and indulgent Catholic playgoers. Practicing ...
Heather Hill-Vásquez, 2007

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EFFEMINIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term effeminize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Fairy Tale Leads to Teacher Resignation
Really using some words to effeminize him.” Then Currie spoke to the upset female student. She stuck up for the other boy, but Currie says the ... «WUNC, Jun 15»
2
Why, Black Men, Why?
(ThyBlackMan.com) There seems to be ominous plot to not only effeminize the black man, but to get rid of his masculinity altogether. It seems ... «ThyBlackMan, May 14»
3
Bobby Moynihan Details Role As Gay White Rapper In "Chozen"
The future of HipHop is gay white males and white female POP singers. The best way to attack HipHop is to white-wash it and effeminize it, strip ... «HipHopDX, Jan 14»
4
Homeland Security worker Ayo Kimathi outed as black supremacist …
... Kimathi also has been going after gays and lesbians, while accusing the US government of pursuing a secret agenda of trying to 'effeminize' ... «Daily Mail, Dec 13»
5
Breaking the mama's boy myth
... influence on his life could effeminize him and eventually lead him to homosexuality. This assertion was unfounded and has not been proved, ... «CBC.ca, May 12»
6
J'accuse Newt Gingrich's French connection
Some political commentators said that showing Romney speaking French is an effort to “effeminize” him. French effeminizing!? Tell that to ... «Politico, Jan 12»
7
Create Laharl Or Anyone You Want For Nippon Ichi's PS3 Dungeon …
Cool guy, elder sis, cutesy, and effeminize male are some of the voice options in the game. Legacista comes out on March 15 for PlayStation 3. «Siliconera, Dec 11»
8
KEEP ON THE FIRING LINE
In fact, we have created a whole new genre of “worship music” designed to “effeminize” the men in the church. We sing “love songs” to Jesus as ... «NewsWithViews.com, Nov 10»

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