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desexualize

desexualize verb: to divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual.

Verb

desexualize (third-person singular simple present desexualizes, present participle desexualizing, simple past and past participle desexualized)

  1. (transitive) To divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual.

Forms of desexualize

third-person singular presentdesexualizes
present participledesexualizing
past participledesexualized
pastdesexualized

Origin of desexualize

From de- + sexualize.

Words formed from desexualize

Questions about desexualize

What does desexualize mean?
Desexualize means to divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual.
What part of speech is desexualize?
Desexualize is a verb.
What is the past tense of desexualize?
The past tense of desexualize is desexualized.

Words near desexualize in the dictionary

  1. desexualised
  2. desexualises
  3. desexualising
  4. desexualization
  5. desexualizations
  6. desexualize
  7. desexualized
  8. desexualizer
  9. desexualizers
  10. desexualizes
  11. desexualizing

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