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overfeminization

overfeminization noun: excessive feminization.

Noun

overfeminization (uncountable)

  1. excessive feminization
    • He reported that respondents almost unanimously stated that more male educators were needed and that one of the great questions facing California and the entire nation was the "overfeminization of the schools."1998, Kathleen Weiler, Country Schoolwomen: Teaching in Rural California, 1850-1950
    • Both the pursuit of objects and the overfeminization of men are at fault.2012, Gary Stamper, Awakening the New Masculine: The Path of the Integral Warrior

Origin of overfeminization

From over- + feminization.

Questions about overfeminization

What does overfeminization mean?
Overfeminization means excessive feminization.
What part of speech is overfeminization?
Overfeminization is a noun.

Words near overfeminization in the dictionary

  1. overfelled
  2. overfelling
  3. overfells
  4. overfelt
  5. overfeminine
  6. overfeminization
  7. overfeminize
  8. overfeminized
  9. overfeminizes
  10. overfeminizing
  11. overferment

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