emasculated
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- adjective
- /ɪˈmæskjʊˌleɪtɪd/
- Offensive
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emasculado
- Many men report feeling emasculated when they face obstacles in their careers that undermine their confidence.
And like he's going to feel emasculated going through that.
- And like he's going to feel emasculated going through that.
- Do you think masculinity has been emasculated in society?
- Have men been emasculated in today's society?
- Step aside, let me do this, which is emasculating behavior, or let him figure it out.
- It made me mad, but but really beneath it, I was unsafe and afraid and maybe felt slightly emasculated.
- And then she'd switch and hold the towel up for me and I'd walk back up to the apartment and I was so emasculated, so ashamed, so embarrassed.
- And then the third study says that men, they can feel emasculated in the presence of a smarter, more successful women, and they find it less attractive.
- Now they are too emasculated or just plain gay to do it.
Examples
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He felt emasculated after his colleagues dismissed his ideas during the meeting.
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To shop for it with his bride-to-be would have made him feel both emasculated and declassed.
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So Chris is saying he Will was feeling emasculated and angry and took it out on.
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And like he's going to feel emasculated going through that.
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And then the third study says that men, they can feel emasculated in the presence of a smarter, more successful women, and they find it less attractive.
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Watching his partner succeed while he struggled made him feel emasculated and less competent.
Synonyms
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Too delicate and refined in style, showing little physical strength
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Feeling weaker or less manly than other men
Not showing usual male strength or confidence
Antonyms
How Masculine
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Surface Forms
Morphology
emasculated = emasculate (semi-transparent) = emasculate + ed
Formally derived from the verb 'emasculate', but the figurative sense 'made to feel less masculine or powerful' is a metaphorical extension that is not fully predictable for all learners.
Etymology
Emasculated comes from the same Latin parts e- ('away') and masculus ('male'), the same root in the word masculine, and by extension it began to mean 'made less male' or 'weakened'. So to feel emasculated is to feel less strong or less masculine, as if you have lost power or confidence.