sissyfication

English

Alternative forms

• sissification

Etymology

From sissy (“timid or cowardly person”) +‎ -fication.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪ.si.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: sis‧sy‧fi‧ca‧tion

Noun

sissyfication (uncountable)

1. (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, […]

2. (BDSM) A situation where a submissive is forced to take on a feminine role, that of a sissy.

Related terms

• (BDSM): forcefem