Desexualise
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Alternative spelling of desexualize. alt-of, alternative
"Her pregnancy was obvious, but this did not desexualise her in his eyes; she was a very beautiful woman, wearing a large green silk salwar kameez that brought out the fairness of her skin and the darkness of her hair."
- 2 make infertile wordnet
- 3 direct one's libidinous urges into another direction wordnet
Example
More examples"Her pregnancy was obvious, but this did not desexualise her in his eyes; she was a very beautiful woman, wearing a large green silk salwar kameez that brought out the fairness of her skin and the darkness of her hair."
Etymology
From de- + sexualise.
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