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English
Etymology
From sissy (“timid or cowardly person”) + -fication.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsɪ.si.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: sis‧sy‧fi‧ca‧tion
Noun
sissyfication (uncountable)
- (informal, derogatory) The act or process of sissifying.
- Synonym: pussyfication
1938, Conservation, volumes 4-5, page 15:The spirit of adventure is supplanted by "all the comforts of home". The progressive "sissyfication" of the American people is abetted.
2001, Andrei S. Markovits, Steven L. Hellerman, Offside: Soccer and American Exceptionalism, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 96:Indeed, with the internationalization and “Europeanization” of the NHL, many Canadian traditionalists feared the game's violent character might change and that hockey's internationalization might mean its “sissyfication.”
2013, Allen Barra, Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age, Crown Archetype, →ISBN, page 354:I showed Mickey Mantle, Johnny Unitas, Wilt Chamberlain, Ray Nitschke, Oscar Robertson and Don Meredith, all in one television spot crying for their Maypo and shedding likelike tears, here was the ultimate sissyfication of the American macho sports hero, […]
- (BDSM) Scene involving a submissive male being forced to take on feminine roles; scene where the submissive becomes a sissy.