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Emasculation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The removal of the penis, testicles, and scrotum of (a male person or animal). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    neutering a male animal by removing the testicles wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    loss of power and masculinity wordnet
  5. 5
    The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigour or effectiveness. countable, uncountable

    "The authoritarian regime oversaw the total emasculation of the country's judiciary."

Etymology

From emasculate + -ion.

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