to sexualize

Examples

• All

• So many female journalists are objectified or sexualized.

  Miss Representation (2011)

• There is no doubting that there are highly sexualized manga being produced and distributed in Japan.

  Academic text (2015)

• It's like she has to sexualize every experience, you know?

  The Kids Are All Right (2010)

• - There was a study that showed now girls as young as six years old have learned to self sexualize.

  This Changes Everything (2019)

• You don't have to sexualize it.

  Collateral Beauty (2016)

• Additionally, the females in the highly sexualized/objectified condition were more likely to rate the female as responsible for the date rape.

  Academic text (2012)

• You're always going to have tons of sexualized violence against women in your media.

  Blog text (6)

• Many proponents, namely Bill O'Reilly, say the doll can over-sexualize young girls or force them.

  Blog text (1)

• You don't have any concern about sexualizing them through this in a, in a way that they're presented inappropriately.

• The media often tends to sexualize young women in their reporting.

Synonyms

S

to sex up

vsto sexualize

• NSFW

11 8.4

Make something more attractive or exciting by adding sexual details

is the general act of presenting things in sexual terms, not only to excite

E

to eroticize

vsto sexualize

• NSFW

2 9.1

To make something seem sexual to attract attention

is broader, framing things in sexual terms rather than only suggestiveness

S

to sensualize

vsto sexualize

• NSFW

9.1

Make something seem mainly about physical or sexual pleasure and lower its moral value

is neutral and makes things sexual without implying moral or spiritual decline

Antonyms

D

to desexualize

• US

1 9.2

To remove sexual meaning from people or objects

How Sexual

to objectify

• Offensive

31 7.5

to sexualize

• NSFW

16 7.5

to suggest

∞ 2.1

to allude

82 6.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology