feminine quality

collocation in English

meaningsoffeminineandquality

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feminine
adjective
uk
/ˈfem.ɪ.nɪn/
us
/ˈfem.ə.nɪn/
having characteristics that are traditionally thought to be typical of or suitable for ...
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quality
noun
uk
/ˈkwɒl.ə.ti/
us
/ˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
how good or bad ...
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(Definition offeminineandqualityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffeminine quality

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A man with feminine qualities who still likes women.
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Characters are big headed, big eyed and practically everyone has feminine qualities.
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She is best known for her later writing, much praised for its great formal and feminine qualities, as an early sound poet.
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The "seme" and "uke" are often drawn in the bishnen style and are highly idealised, blending both masculine and feminine qualities.
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This can be examined in the context of advertisements, where objects may be anthropomorphized and given feminine qualities or aspects of the female form.
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I think she has feminine qualities, but she's not totally a woman either.
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Like other theoreticians, he ascribed masculine and feminine qualities to the orders.
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The term is used rather loosely at times and can be used to refer to any male who is acting with feminine qualities.
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Women believed that in order to gain recognition, they needed to hide their feminine qualities, to thus appear more masculine.
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Hermaphroditus's association with marriage seems to have been that, by embodying both masculine and feminine qualities, he symbolized the coming together of men and women in sacred union.
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