lesbianize

English

Alternative forms

• lesbianise

Etymology

From lesbian +‎ -ize.

Verb

lesbianize (third-person singular simple present lesbianizes, present participle lesbianizing, simple past and past participle lesbianized)

1. (transitive) To make lesbian.
   • 1993, Emma Donoghue, Passions Between Women, Bello, published 2014, page 128:

     Thus the poem lesbianises a myth of heterosexual conflict.

Derived terms

• lesbianization