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emasculate
[ verb ih-mas-kyuh-leyt; adjective ih-mas-kyuh-lit, -leyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to deprive of strength; weaken:
The law was emasculated by its opponents, making it largely ineffective by the time it was passed.
Synonyms: , , ,
- 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.
- to remove the testicles of; castrate.
adjective
- deprived of or lacking strength or vigor; effeminate.
emasculate
verb
- to remove the testicles of; castrate; geld
- to deprive of vigour, effectiveness, etc
- botany to remove the stamens from (a flower) to prevent self-pollination for the purposes of plant breeding
adjective
- castrated; gelded
- deprived of strength, effectiveness, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈܱپ, adjective
- ˌˈپDz, noun
- ˈˌٴǰ, noun
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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of emasculate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of emasculate1
Example Sentences
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.
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."
Zuckerberg may now see those efforts to address work-life balance and inclusivity as emasculating and "woke," but it's not about gender.
It's toxic masculinity that tells men it's emasculating to embrace caretaking duties.
The idea is to create a permission structure for men to support Harris and not feel emasculated by doing so.
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