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masculize

masculize verb: to masculinize.

Verb

masculize (third-person singular simple present masculizes, present participle masculizing, simple past and past participle masculized)

  1. (rare) To masculinize.
    • Some ancient physicians, Bartholin, Perrault, Sturm, and, later Grasmeyer, have thought that, even without fecundation, the marriage relation suffices, after a time, to masculize woman.1859, Jules Michelet, “Notes and Explanations”, in J.W. Palmer, transl., Love, New York, N.Y.: Rudd & Carleton, translation of L'Amour, page 342
    • "I think it's social experimentation, and I don't think it's going to help us win the war," she said. "They want to masculize the women and feminize the men, so that we're a gender-neutral society."2004 May 26, Darryl Fears, quoting Phyllis Schlafly, “Military families mourn daughters”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025

Forms of masculize

third-person singular presentmasculizes
present participlemasculizing
past participlemasculized
pastmasculized
alternative formmasculise

Origin of masculize

From Latin masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ize.

Words formed from masculize

Questions about masculize

What does masculize mean?
Masculize means to masculinize.
What part of speech is masculize?
Masculize is a verb.
What is the past tense of masculize?
The past tense of masculize is masculized.

Words near masculize in the dictionary

  1. masculism
  2. masculisms
  3. masculist
  4. masculists
  5. masculization
  6. masculize
  7. masculized
  8. masculizes
  9. masculizing
  10. masculocentric
  11. masculofeminine

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