Demasculinize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the testicles from
  2. 2
    remove the testicles of a male animal wordnet
  3. 3
    To remove the masculine qualities of.

    "Thus far, I have been arguing that Ginsberg's poetry represents an attempt to demasculinize and derationalize American poetry; however, Ginsberg's poetic project also has an aggressively masculine side as well."

Synonyms

All synonyms
emasculatecastratecastratedemasculinisedesexdesexualize

Example

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"Thus far, I have been arguing that Ginsberg's poetry represents an attempt to demasculinize and derationalize American poetry; however, Ginsberg's poetic project also has an aggressively masculine side as well."

Etymology

From de- + masculinize.

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