Castration

/kæˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/

Synonyms for "castration" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
castratingdrug induced castration

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Noun(4 words)

Related words (7)

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alteringdeletionfixingneuteringoperationsterilizationsurgerysurgical operationsurgical proceduresurgical process

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LHRH agonist therapyantiandrogen therapyorchiectomytesticular removal

Collocations

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LHRH agonist therapyantiandrogen therapycastration procedurechemical castrationdrug induced castrationgonadal suppressionhormonal suppressionlivestock castrationneutering proceduresurgical castrationsurgical sterilizationtesticular removal

Inflections

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Derivations

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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.

Source: tatoeba (426674)

The exclusion of mathematics from the field of culture is like intellectual castration.

Source: tatoeba (649686)

Chemical castration could cause cancer.

Source: tatoeba (11364140)

Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture.

Source: wiktionary

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