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castratism

castratism noun: prepubescent castration.

Noun

castratism (uncountable)

  1. Prepubescent castration.
    1. The practice of prepubescently castrating male humans as to preserve their alto or soprano voices.

Origin of castratism

From castrate + -ism.

Questions about castratism

What does castratism mean?
Castratism means prepubescent castration.
What part of speech is castratism?
Castratism is a noun.

Words near castratism in the dictionary

  1. castrating
  2. castration
  3. castration anxieties
  4. castration anxiety
  5. castrations
  6. castratism
  7. castrative
  8. castratively
  9. castrativeness
  10. castrato
  11. castrator

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