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sexualise

sexualise is the alternative spelling of sexualize.

Meaning of sexualize

Verb

sexualize (third-person singular simple present sexualizes, present participle sexualizing, simple past and past participle sexualized)

  1. (transitive) To render sexual, or apply sex appeal to (a person, thing, or concept).
    • Children’s beauty pageants sexualize childhood.
    Antonyms:
    desexualize
  2. (transitive) To distinguish as belonging to separate sexes.
    Synonyms:
    sex

Forms of sexualise

third-person singular presentsexualises
present participlesexualising
past participlesexualised
pastsexualised

Words formed from sexualise

Questions about sexualise

What is sexualise the alternative spelling of?
Sexualise is the alternative spelling of sexualize.

Words near sexualise in the dictionary

  1. sexuale
  2. sexuales
  3. sexualisable
  4. sexualisation
  5. sexualisations
  6. sexualise
  7. sexualised
  8. sexualiser
  9. sexualisers
  10. sexualises
  11. sexualising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sexualise (page history and authors); sexualize (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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