🚫 Removing sexual content 🏥 Removing sexual organs 💊 Losing sexual desire

desexualization

9.4

A loss of interest in sex

noun
/ˌdiːˌsɛkʃuːəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Specialized

: desexualización

Many people experience a gradual desexualization of their relationship as they age.

Examples

It is not only compatible with but even an essential factor in the desexualization of the relationship to the father, because it drains the relationship of son to father of its sexual components in order to invest them in the relation to the mother.

Academic text (1995)
The therapist discussed the desexualization of their interactions to improve emotional intimacy.
In some cultures, there is a societal trend towards desexualization, particularly in media representations.

Synonyms

anaphrodisia

vsdesexualization

Specialized

9.9

A loss of interest in sex

describes an ongoing loss or reduction in sexual interest or traits

desirelessness

vsdesexualization

NSFW

9.4

A state of having little or no sexual desire

focuses specifically on loss or reduction of sexual interest or traits

Antonyms

sexual desire

NSFW

9 3.8

A strong wish to have sex with another person

sexual attraction

NSFW

5 3.2

A feeling of wanting to have sex with someone

How Sexual

sexuality

NSFW

161 4.1

desexualization

Specialized

9.4

asexuality

1 7.1

Surface Forms

desexualization singular

desexualizations plural

Morphology

desexualization = desexualize (transparent) = de + sexual + ize + ation

The noun is a straightforward nominalization of the verb 'desexualize' meaning the process or state associated with that action.

Etymology

Desexualization starts with de- meaning 'remove' and sexual meaning 'sex or sexual'. It can mean a loss or reduction of sexual desire or interest, for example when a medicine makes someone less interested in intimacy.