Definition of Defeminize

1. Verb. Remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats).

Exact synonyms: Defeminise
Generic synonyms: Alter, Castrate, Neuter, Spay

Definition of Defeminize

1. Verb. To lose, or to remove feminine characteristics or qualities ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Defeminize

1. [v -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Defeminize

defectivity
defector
defectors
defects
defectuosities
defectuosity
defectuous
defedation
defemination
defeminise
defeminised
defeminises
defeminising
defeminization
defeminizations
defeminize (current term)
defeminized
defeminizes
defeminizing
defence
defence accord
defence accords
defence diplomacy
defence force
defence mechanism
defence policy
defence program
defence reaction
defence system
defenced

Literary usage of Defeminize

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)
"Organizational effects of testosterone permanently bias an organism in a masculine fashion as well as defeminize it. They promote aggressive behavior if ..."

2. Woman Through the Ages by Emil Reich (1908)
"But there is one movement to which allusion is imperative: the feminine movement; that is to say, the movement by women to defeminize themselves. ..."

3. Socialism, Feminism, and Suffragism: The Terrible Triplets, Connected by the by Benjamin Vestal Hubbard (1915)
"... therefore, for the sake of both boys and girls, let us defeminize the schools and develop grand men from our boys and noble women from our girls instead ..."

4. A Free Lance: Being Short Paragraphs and Detached Pages from an Author's by Frederic Rowland Marvin (1912)
"... defeminize women. The fear may be groundless, but it is operative nevertheless. My own belief in the matter is that the enfranchisement of women will ..."

5. Why Women are So by Mary Roberts Coolidge (1912)
"... which were opposed because they might defeminize young women, provided the first and best equipment for training in the subjects related to housekeeping ..."

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