castration
Syllables: ca·stra·tion/kæˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
castration noun: the act of removing the testicles.
Noun
castration (countable and uncountable, plural castrations)
- 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.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 125
- 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 darkness2019, “A Rape of Sirens”, performed by Infant Annihilator, Alex Terrible
- Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.
castration meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Gujarati
castration in Tamil
- காழ்கடிதல், ஆண்விதை நீக்கல், காயடித்தல், விதை நீக்க அறுவை, இனப்பெருக்க ஆற்றல் அழித்தல், நலந்தட்டல்
castration in Malayalam
- act of removing the testicles
- ഷണ്ഡീകരണം ṣaṇḍīkaraṇaṁ, വരി ഉടയ്ക്കൽ vari uṭaykkal
castration in Kannada
- ಬೀಜ ಒಡೆಯುವುದು
castration in Gujarati
- castration
- ખસી khasī
More languagesFewer languages
- castration in Arabic
- إِخْصَاء ʔiḵṣāʔ
- castration in Malay
- pengasian, pengembirian
- castration in Indonesian
- pengebirian
- castration in Vietnamese
- sự thiến
Synonyms of castration
Forms of castration
| plural | castrations |
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Origin of castration
From castrate + -ion.
Words formed from castration
Phrases with castration
Words that rhyme with castration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about castration
- What does castration mean?
- Castration means the act of removing the testicles.
- What is castration in Tamil?
- Castration in Tamil is காழ்கடிதல், ஆண்விதை நீக்கல், காயடித்தல். See Castration meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is castration?
- Castration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce castration?
- Castration is pronounced /kæˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of castration?
- The plural of castration is castrations.
Words near castration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: castration (page history and authors); castration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); castration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ખસી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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