Desexualise

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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. 2
    make infertile wordnet
  3. 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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