to defeminize
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9.9
- verb
- /dɪˈfɛmɪnaɪz/
- Specialized
Examples
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The female smoker was defeminized by the cigarette while, at the same time, she was deeply sexualized.
Academic text (1993) -
In the early days of the site, on FP posts, even when people asked for "the female perspective," I felt that my comments were likely to be ignored or, at best, condescended to, unless I made a conscious effort to "defeminize" them.
Blog text (4) -
The veterinarian explained that to defeminize the older female cat, she would need to perform a surgical procedure.
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Farmers often defeminize female livestock to prevent unwanted reproduction and manage the herd size effectively.
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To defeminize the female dog, the animal rescue organization scheduled her for a spaying operation next week.
Synonyms
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9.1
To remove the sex organs of a person or animal so they cannot have young
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5.3
To remove an animal's organs used to make babies so it cannot reproduce
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5.8
To make a person or animal unable to have children by a medical operation
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7.1
To remove a female animal's ovaries so it cannot have babies
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8.1
To remove a female animal's ovaries so it cannot have young
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8.3
To stop an animal from having babies by removing or damaging its reproductive organs
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9.3
To make a person or animal unable to have babies
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9.9
To remove the ovaries from a female by surgery
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Defeminize is made of the first part de- meaning 'remove', the part feminine which comes from Latin femina meaning 'female', and the ending -ize meaning 'make'. So to defeminize is to remove female parts or traits, for example removing ovaries, and make an animal less female.