desexualise

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-der.

English de-

English sexualise

English desexualise

From de- + sexualise.

Verb

desexualise (third-person singular simple present desexualises, present participle desexualising, simple past and past participle desexualised)

1. Alternative spelling of desexualize.
   • 2023, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, pages 295-296:

     Her pregnancy was obvious, but this did not desexualise her in his eyes; she was a very beautiful woman, wearing a large green silk salwar kameez that brought out the fairness of her skin and the darkness of her hair.