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libidinizing

libidinizing is the present participle and gerund of libidinize.

Meaning of libidinize

Verb

libidinize (third-person singular simple present libidinizes, present participle libidinizing, simple past and past participle libidinized)

  1. (transitive) To imbue with sexual urges or attraction.
    • In the intellectual there is an attempt to solve this conflict by libidinizing speech, thought and intellect, so that these become instinctual satisfactions within themselves.1953, National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, The Psychoanalytic Review, volume 40

Questions about libidinizing

What is libidinizing the present participle and gerund of?
Libidinizing is the present participle and gerund of libidinize.

Words near libidinizing in the dictionary

  1. libidinist
  2. libidinists
  3. libidinize
  4. libidinized
  5. libidinizes
  6. libidinizing
  7. libidinosity
  8. libidinous
  9. libidinously
  10. libidinousness
  11. libido

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