Eunuchlike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a eunuch.

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"The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be castrated,' the eunuchlike sound of the jazz band both mocks and proclaims, 'and you will be rewarded, accepted into a fraternity which shares the mystery of impotence with you, a mystery revealed at the moment of the initiation rite."

Etymology

From eunuch + -like.

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