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delibidinize

delibidinize verb: to make no longer an object of sexual urges or attraction.

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 delibidinize

third-person singular presentdelibidinizes
present participledelibidinizing
past participledelibidinized
pastdelibidinized

Origin of delibidinize

From de- + libidinize.

Questions about delibidinize

What does delibidinize mean?
Delibidinize means to make no longer an object of sexual urges or attraction.
What part of speech is delibidinize?
Delibidinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of delibidinize?
The past tense of delibidinize is delibidinized.

Words near delibidinize in the dictionary

  1. delibidinise
  2. delibidinised
  3. delibidinises
  4. delibidinising
  5. delibidinization
  6. delibidinize
  7. delibidinized
  8. delibidinizes
  9. delibidinizing
  10. delibility
  11. delible

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