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neuterlike

neuterlike adjective: having neuter characteristics; apparently sexless.

Adjective

neuterlike (comparative more neuterlike, superlative most neuterlike)

  1. Having neuter characteristics; apparently sexless.
    • In another critique that glorifies male aggression, Frank Chin (1972) contrasted the neuterlike characteristics assigned to Asian men to the sexually aggressive images associated with other men of color: […]2002, Susan J. Ferguson, Mapping the Social Landscape: Readings in Sociology, page 353
    • Wielding the simulacra of phallocratic corporate power, pop artists (like the diminutive, neuterlike Wizard of Oz) symbolically pursued their only hope of securing some of that male power themselves.2004, Martha Rosler, Decoys and Disruptions: Selected Writings, 1975-2001, page 95

Forms of neuterlike

comparativemore neuterlike
superlativemost neuterlike

Origin of neuterlike

From neuter + -like.

Questions about neuterlike

What does neuterlike mean?
Neuterlike means having neuter characteristics; apparently sexless.
What part of speech is neuterlike?
Neuterlike is an adjective.

Words near neuterlike in the dictionary

  1. neuterdom
  2. neutered
  3. neutering
  4. neuterings
  5. neuterism
  6. neuterlike
  7. neuterly
  8. neuterness
  9. neuters
  10. neuticles
  11. neutraceutical

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