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💋 Making sexual 🧬 Becoming mature
sexualization

sexualization

7.1
Developing body changes and the ability to have babies as a young animal or person grows
  • noun
  • /ˌsɛkʃuəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sexualización
  • The sexualization of young girls is often criticized for promoting unrealistic beauty standards.

Examples

  • The sexualization of children in media has raised significant concerns among parents and educators.

  • So in this perspective, there is no thinking of sexual difference except for how the male subject has unilaterally thought it from the moment of his sexualization.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Many cultures have distinct rituals that signify the sexualization of individuals as they transition into adulthood.

Synonyms

puberty
vssexualization
74 2.8

The time when a young person's body changes and becomes able to have children

is the ongoing process of developing sexual characteristics leading to maturity
pubescence
vssexualization
1 8.2

The time when a young person's body changes and becomes able to have children

is the process of developing sexual characteristics rather than just the onset phase

How Sexually Mature

puberty
74 2.8
sexualization
  • Specialized
7.1

Surface Forms

sexualization singular
sexualizations plural

Morphology

sexualization = sexualize (semi-transparent) = sex + ual + ize + ation

The word is regularly built from 'sexualize' plus '-ation', but the biological sense is somewhat specialized.

Etymology

Sexualization can also mean the process when a living thing develops sexual features. The word is built from sexual, from 'sex', plus -ize meaning 'to make' and -ation meaning 'the act', so it describes the act of 'becoming sexual', for example when animals or adolescents reach sexual maturity.