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delibidinizing

delibidinizing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about delibidinizing

What is delibidinizing the present participle and gerund of?
Delibidinizing is the present participle and gerund of delibidinize.

Words near delibidinizing in the dictionary

  1. delibidinising
  2. delibidinization
  3. delibidinize
  4. delibidinized
  5. delibidinizes
  6. delibidinizing
  7. delibility
  8. delible
  9. delibly
  10. delibrate
  11. delibrates

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