Definition of Masculinizing

1. Verb. (present participle of masculinize) ¹

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Definition of Masculinizing

1. masculinize [v] - See also: masculinize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Masculinizing

masculinise
masculinised
masculinises
masculinising
masculinism
masculinisms
masculinist
masculinists
masculinities
masculinity
masculinize
masculinized
masculinizes
masculinizing
masculinus
masculism
masculisms
masculist
masculists
masculy
masdar
masdevallia
mase
mased
maselyn
maser
masers

Literary usage of Masculinizing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"First, the original goal in making anabolics was to promote the tissue-building effects of testosterone without its androgenic (masculinizing) qualities. ..."

2. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Such masculin- ization of the female brain by the aromatization of testosterone to estrogen in the brain also is reflected in similar masculinizing effects ..."

3. Proceedings by North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (1906)
"The danger of co-education where it is accepted cordially and is at its best is not the masculinizing of the women but the feminizing of the men. ..."

4. The Social Trend by Edward Alsworth Ross (1922)
"... and dread lest contact with non-domestic pursuits is having a masculinizing effect upon them. In truth, the tendency ought to be precisely the reverse. ..."

5. Selected Articles on the Employment of Women by Edna Dean Bullock, Julia Emily Johnsen (1920)
"In reality, it means her liberation from the masculine and masculinizing work she was formerly compelled to do. The change came slowly—to-day millions of ..."

6. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1883)
"... declaration to the community of a woman's conception, when she perceives the first signs of it, and partly for the purpose of masculinizing (<•/. note ..."

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