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emasculate

[ verb ih-mas-kyuh-leyt; adjective ih-mas-kyuh-lit, -leyt ]

verb (used with object)

emasculated, emasculating.
  1. to deprive of strength; weaken:

    The law was emasculated by its opponents, making it largely ineffective by the time it was passed.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to make (a man) feel less masculine:

    Though some men might feel emasculated not making an income, I'm very happy as a stay-at-home father.

  3. to remove the testicles of; castrate.


adjective

  1. deprived of or lacking strength or vigor; effeminate.

emasculate

verb

  1. to remove the testicles of; castrate; geld
  2. to deprive of vigour, effectiveness, etc
  3. botany to remove the stamens from (a flower) to prevent self-pollination for the purposes of plant breeding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. castrated; gelded
  2. deprived of strength, effectiveness, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܱپ, adjective
  • ˌˈپDz, noun
  • ˈˌٴǰ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ····پDz [ih-mas-ky, uh, -, ley, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • ····پ adjective
  • ····ٴǰ noun
  • ····ٴ· [ih-, mas, -ky, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective
  • self-····پDz noun
  • ܲ····· adjective
  • un·····پ adjective
  • un·····ٴ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of emasculate1

First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin ŧܱٳܲ (past participle of ŧܱ ), equivalent to ŧ- “fdz”+ ܱ(ܲ) “male” + -ٳܲ adjective suffix; e- 1, male, -ate 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of emasculate1

C17: from Latin ŧܱ, from masculus male; see masculine
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In fact, I think those gendered stereotypes — Americans as virile and manly; Europeans as emasculated or effeminate — go back much further than that, and were inhaled by nearly all American men of Trump’s generation.

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Soon other TheoBros jumped in, declaring "We need Christian men leading the fight against abortion," arguing that women's suffrage was a mistake, and accusing Hawkins of emasculating her husband by being "busy jet-setting."

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Zuckerberg may now see those efforts to address work-life balance and inclusivity as emasculating and "woke," but it's not about gender.

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It's toxic masculinity that tells men it's emasculating to embrace caretaking duties.

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The idea is to create a permission structure for men to support Harris and not feel emasculated by doing so.

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