masculinize
masculinize verb: to make masculine; to give typically male characteristics.
Verb
masculinize (third-person singular simple present masculinizes, present participle masculinizing, simple past and past participle masculinized)
- To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics.
- Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair.1982 March 18, Eric J. Cassel[l], “The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 306, number 11, →DOI, page 642
- Impersonality always masculinizes a woman.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
Synonyms of masculinize
Antonyms
Forms of masculinize
| third-person singular present | masculinizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | masculinizing |
| past participle | masculinized |
| past | masculinized |
| alternative form | masculinise |
Origin of masculinize
From masculine + -ize.
Words formed from masculinize
Questions about masculinize
- What does masculinize mean?
- Masculinize means to make masculine; to give typically male characteristics.
- What part of speech is masculinize?
- Masculinize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of masculinize?
- The past tense of masculinize is masculinized.
Words near masculinize in the dictionary
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