Desex

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization. transitive
  2. 2
    make infertile wordnet
  3. 3
    To desexualize. transitive

    "The Bronski Beat doesn't hint and flirt; it delivers. There's no artsy and safe vagueness behind "Need a Man Blues": […] The group hasn't desexed itself even to make a video."

Synonyms

All synonyms
castratedemasculinizedesexualisedesexualizedevitalizeeffeminize

Example

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"The Bronski Beat doesn't hint and flirt; it delivers. There's no artsy and safe vagueness behind "Need a Man Blues": […] The group hasn't desexed itself even to make a video."

Etymology

From de- + sex.

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