masculinize

English

Alternative forms

• masculinise

Etymology

From masculine +‎ -ize.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics.
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     Impersonality always masculinizes a woman.

Synonyms

• masculize (rare)

Antonyms

• feminize

Derived terms

• masculinization

Translations

make (more) masculine

• Catalan: masculinitzar
• French: masculiniser (fr)
• Galician: masculinizar
• German: vermännlichen (de), maskulinisieren
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• Italian: mascolinizzare
• Portuguese: masculinizar
• Spanish: masculinizar (es)
• Swedish: maskulinisera (sv)