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sexualize

[ sek-shoo-uh-lahyzor, especially British, seks-yoo- ]

verb (used with object)

sexualized, sexualizing.
  1. to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.


sexualize

/ ˈɛʊəˌɪ /

verb

  1. to make or become sexual or sexually aware
  2. to give or acquire sexual associations
“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

  • ˌܲˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·····پDz [sek-shoo-, uh, -lahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n, seks-yoo-] especially British, ·····پDz noun
  • ···· especially British, ···· verb (used with object) desexualized desexualizing or (especially British) desexualised desexualising
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sexualize1

First recorded in 1830–40; sexual + -ize
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Example Sentences

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The latter is partly crafted to appeal to men, with its heavily sexualized fantasies of a woman devoted to domestic servitude.

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Trump officials and supporters flip that analysis, saying that families and students have been harmed by a radical left-wing agenda — one that also prematurely sexualizes children and indoctrinates them to change their gender.

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In her opener, Greene also cited a 2015 “Frontline” documentary that followed transgender kids and their families, making the vile suggestion of it being evidence of public television allegedly “sexualizing and grooming children.”

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In 2022, she opened up about feeling sexualized at a young age and the backlash she faced for wearing a lower-cut gown to an awards show.

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Another Texas parent who is also a plaintiff in the lawsuit claims Character.AI exposed her 11-year-old daughter to inappropriate “hypersexualized interactions” that caused her to “develop sexualized behaviors prematurely,” according to the complaint.

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