emasculation

Examples

• All

• I thought this is pure emasculation because we all know that Donald Trump didn't raise his own kids.

  I've Had It

• But succeeding ironically carries with it the threat of physical emasculation.

  Fiction book (1994)

• He may then make his first aim the emasculation of Congress.

  Fiction book (1990)

• It was emasculation of the highest degree because here this was my own agency and then I didn't know who was in on it.

  Rich Roll

• Like many of Fields's heroes, Sous is threatened with emasculation.

  Academic text (2002)

• Thanks for telling the truth about the emasculation of today's chinless American males who get excited by what are essentially children's movies.

  Blog text (26)

• Max's deliverance from his impotence and emasculation is, of course, Jonny and the American jazz music he plays.

  Fiction book (1996)

• At this moment of emasculation—effeminization—Henri vows to kill Paquita.

  Academic text (1997)

• While Sophocles' hero complains about his son's voluntary effeminacy, Valle's protagonist deplores the emasculation of the Spanish worker by the State.

  Academic text (1994)

• The athlete felt a deep sense of emasculation after losing the championship match, as it challenged his identity as a powerful competitor.

Synonyms

D

debasement

vsemasculation

3 7.5

Making a person or thing less respected and less valued

focuses specifically on removing masculine strength power or male identity

Antonyms

E

empowerment

49 3.9

The process of becoming stronger, more confident, and able to make choices

S

strengthening

14 3.4

Making something stronger, for example muscles or ties between people

How Weakened

emasculation

• Offensive

1 9.6

evisceration

• Formal

1 9.2

weakening

3.2

revision

94 2.9

alteration

102 3.3

modification

50 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology