demasculinize

English

Alternative forms

• demasculinise

Etymology

From de- +‎ masculinize.

Verb

demasculinize (third-person singular simple present demasculinizes, present participle demasculinizing, simple past and past participle demasculinized)

1. To remove the testicles from
2. To remove the masculine qualities of.
   • 2011, James Penner, Pinks, Pansies, and Punks, →ISBN:

     Thus far, I have been arguing that Ginsberg's poetry represents an attempt to demasculinize and derationalize American poetry; however, Ginsberg's poetic project also has an aggressively masculine side as well.