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hypersexualizing

hypersexualizing is the present participle and gerund of hypersexualize.

Meaning of hypersexualize

Verb

hypersexualize (third-person singular simple present hypersexualizes, present participle hypersexualizing, simple past and past participle hypersexualized)

  1. To make extremely sexual; to accentuate the sexuality of
    • Yet even as he stood as a not-so-benign emblem of black power, erotic and otherwise, the hypersexualized black male also became fodder for white exploitation.2009 January 18, Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott, “How the Movies Made a President”, in New York Times

Questions about hypersexualizing

What is hypersexualizing the present participle and gerund of?
Hypersexualizing is the present participle and gerund of hypersexualize.

Words near hypersexualizing in the dictionary

  1. hypersexualization
  2. hypersexualizations
  3. hypersexualize
  4. hypersexualized
  5. hypersexualizes
  6. hypersexualizing
  7. hypersexually
  8. hypersexuals
  9. hypersialorrhea
  10. hypersialosis
  11. hypersialylated

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