Libidinize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To imbue with sexual urges or attraction. transitive

    "In the intellectual there is an attempt to solve this conflict by libidinizing speech, thought and intellect, so that these become instinctual satisfactions within themselves."

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"In the intellectual there is an attempt to solve this conflict by libidinizing speech, thought and intellect, so that these become instinctual satisfactions within themselves."

Etymology

From libido + -ize?

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