masculinize

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24
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29
Letters
11

Definition of masculinize

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics.
    “Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair.”
    “Impersonality always masculinizes a woman.”
    “The global androgenization hypothesis predicts that neighboring males will masculinize both AGD and 2D:4D and, therefore, that AGD and 2D:4D will correlate within sexes.”
    “Surgical interventions for gender dysphoria, according to WPATH, can include feminizing or masculinizing hormone therapy, voice therapy, chest augmentation and reduction, or genital surgery.”

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Etymology

From masculine + -ize.

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