castration

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/kæˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/

Definition of castration

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The act of removing the testicles.

“Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture.”
“The harlots' harmony echos within our cave of castration Accenting the weeps from the men remade as women; stripped of their appendages Probed and beaten A cult of deviant savages seducing bastards in the darkness”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The act of removing the testicles.

“Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture.”
“The harlots' harmony echos within our cave of castration Accenting the weeps from the men remade as women; stripped of their appendages Probed and beaten A cult of deviant savages seducing bastards in the darkness”
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.

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From castrate + -ion.

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