demasculinize
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From de- + masculinize.
Verb[edit]
demasculinize (third-person singular simple present demasculinizes, present participle demasculinizing, simple past and past participle demasculinized)
- To remove the testicles from
- 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.