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masculisation

masculisation is the alternative form of masculinization.

Meaning of masculinization

Noun

masculinization (countable and uncountable, plural masculinizations)

  1. The act of rendering someone or something masculine.
    • A pseudohermaphroditic infant female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) showing masculinization of the external genitalia as a result of exposure to testosterone propionate during foetal development.2012, Alan F. Dixson, Primate Sexuality
    Synonyms:
    virilization
    Antonyms:
    feminization

Questions about masculisation

What is masculisation the alternative form of?
Masculisation is the alternative form of masculinization.

Words near masculisation in the dictionary

  1. masculinizations
  2. masculinize
  3. masculinized
  4. masculinizes
  5. masculinizing
  6. masculisation
  7. masculise
  8. masculised
  9. masculises
  10. masculising
  11. masculism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: masculisation (page history and authors); masculinization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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