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feminize

[ fem-uh-nahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

feminized, feminizing.
  1. to make or become feminine.


feminize

/ ˈɛɪˌԲɪ /

verb

  1. to make or become feminine
  2. to cause (a male animal) to develop female characteristics
“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

  • ˌڱ𳾾ԾˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ڱi·Ծ·tDz noun
  • de·ڱi·Ծ·tDz noun
  • ·ڱi·Ծ verb (used with object) defeminized defeminizing
  • v·ڱi·Ծ verb overfeminized overfeminizing
  • ܲ·ڱi·Ծ verb (used with object) unfeminized unfeminizing
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of feminize1

1645–55; < Latin ŧ ( a ) woman + -ize
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Example Sentences

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But it's feeding off a recent trend, fed by predatory social media influencers, that conflates masculinity with punishing self-discipline, the kind that rejects all pleasure and comfort as a feminizing — and thereby evil — force.

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Instrumental in feminizing the occupation, Beecher argued that pious young women should be the ones to do the moral work of teaching — in no small part because they provided cheap labor.

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When Carlson talks about “telling the truth” about the world, one thing he means is how white working-class men have been disrespected by the feminized elites.

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“And basically, when you grow cannabis for flower, you want them to be the female plants, so we’d encourage you to purchase female seeds — they’re called ‘feminized’ seeds.”

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“Jacobean style as menswear was becoming feminized in many ways,” but French fashion in the 1770s turned the gender fluidity dial further.

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