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demasculinize

UK
/ˌdiːˈmæs.kjʊ.lɪ.naɪz/
US
/ˌdiˈmæs.kjə.lɪ.naɪz/

Translations

demasculinizeverb
demasculinized
Past Simple
demasculinized
Past Participle
demasculinizing
Gerund
UK
/ˌdiːˈmæs.kjʊ.lɪ.naɪz/
US
/ˌdiˈmæs.kjə.lɪ.naɪz/
démasculiniserAu sens social ou psychologique : rendre moins conforme aux stéréotypes masculins.
The new policies were criticized for attempting to demasculinize traditional male roles in the workplace.
Les nouvelles politiques ont été critiquées parce qu’elles tentaient de démasculiniser les rôles masculins traditionnels au travail.
Additional translations
démasculiniserSens biologique ou médical : faire perdre les caractères sexuels secondaires masculins.
Synonyms
feminize
soften
weaken
emasculate

Definitions

demasculinizeverb
To deprive of masculine qualities or characteristics.
The new policies were criticized for attempting to demasculinize traditional male roles in the workplace.
To cause an organism to lose male secondary sexual characteristics or develop female characteristics, especially through hormonal or genetic manipulation.
Researchers successfully demasculinized the fruit flies by silencing a single gene.
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