emasculation
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌiːmæskjʊˈleɪʃən/
- NSFW
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castración
Examples
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Are you familiar with the word emasculation?
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For emasculation of rice flowers, panicles in which some flowers are estimated to open one or two days later were submerged in hot water treatment for 7 minutes at 43°C as described (Jodon 1938).
Academic text (2018) -
The veterinarian explained that the emasculation of the male dog is a common procedure to prevent unwanted litters.
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After the emasculation, the farm animals became calmer and easier to manage.
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Many owners choose emasculation as a way to promote better behavior in their pets.
Synonyms
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8.5
An operation to remove the testicles to stop an animal from having babies
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4.2
An operation that makes an animal unable to have babies
Surface Forms
Morphology
emasculation = emasculate (semi-transparent) = e + mascul + ation
The noun is a regular nominalization formed by adding '-ation' to the verb 'emasculate', so the immediate derivational step is predictable and regular.
Etymology
Emasculation comes from Latin parts: mascul- meaning 'male' as in masculine and the small part e- meaning 'out' or 'remove'. So emasculation literally means taking away the male parts, which is why it refers to castration or neutering animals.