effeminise
/ɪˈfɛmɪnaɪz/
verb
- To make or become effeminate; to cause a man or boy to adopt traits or appearance traditionally associated with women.
- The strict boarding school was accused of trying to effeminise its male students by discouraging rough play.
- Some critics claimed that the fashion industry deliberately effeminises male models.
- He worried that spending too much time with his sisters would effeminise his son.
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