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castrativeness

castrativeness noun: the quality of being castrative.

Noun

castrativeness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being castrative.
    • Most of these mothers also had dominating mothers and submissive fathers of their own, and their husbands had also been obedient sons of dominating mothers; in Freudian terms, the castrativeness all around was rather extreme.2010, Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, page 289

Origin of castrativeness

From castrative + -ness.

Questions about castrativeness

What does castrativeness mean?
Castrativeness means the quality of being castrative.
What part of speech is castrativeness?
Castrativeness is a noun.

Words near castrativeness in the dictionary

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

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