masculinization

English

Alternative forms

• masculization

Etymology

masculinize +‎ -ation

Noun

masculinization (countable and uncountable, plural masculinizations)

1. The act of making masculine.
   • 2012, Alan F. Dixson, Primate Sexuality

     A pseudohermaphroditic infant female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) showing masculinization of the external genitalia as a result of exposure to testosterone propionate during foetal development.

Antonyms

• feminization, feminisation

Translations

act of making masculine

• Catalan: masculinització f
• French: masculinisation (fr) f
• Galician: masculinización (gl) f
• German: Maskulinisierung f, Vermännlichung f
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• Italian: mascolinizzazione f
• Portuguese: masculinização f
• Romanian: masculinizare (ro) f
• Spanish: masculinización f