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Etymology

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sissy +‎ -ism

Noun

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sissyism (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a sissy.
    • 1999, Andrei Codrescu, Laura Rosenthal, Thus Spake the Corpse: An Exquisite Corpse Reader, 1988-1998, page 227:
      Dad had also wanted to be a writer—another indication of sissyism. Only sissies want to be writers.