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delibidinise

delibidinise is the alternative spelling of delibidinize.

Meaning of delibidinize

Verb

delibidinize (third-person singular simple present delibidinizes, present participle delibidinizing, simple past and past participle delibidinized)

  1. (transitive) To make no longer an object of sexual urges or attraction.
    • In the absence of such checks, it is virtually impossible to "denature" or "delibidinize" learning.1974, Jerome Bruner, Toward a Theory of Instruction, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 144

Forms of delibidinise

third-person singular presentdelibidinises
present participledelibidinising
past participledelibidinised
pastdelibidinised

Questions about delibidinise

What is delibidinise the alternative spelling of?
Delibidinise is the alternative spelling of delibidinize.

Words near delibidinise in the dictionary

  1. deliberatives
  2. deliberator
  3. deliberators
  4. delibers
  5. delibidinisation
  6. delibidinise
  7. delibidinised
  8. delibidinises
  9. delibidinising
  10. delibidinization
  11. delibidinize

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