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sexualized

sexualized is the alternative spelling of sexualised.

sexualized is the simple past and past participle 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 sexualized

comparativemore sexualized
superlativemost sexualized

Words formed from sexualized

Questions about sexualized

What is sexualized the alternative spelling of?
Sexualized is the alternative spelling of sexualised.

Words near sexualized in the dictionary

  1. sexuality studies
  2. sexualizable
  3. sexualization
  4. sexualizations
  5. sexualize
  6. sexualized
  7. sexualizer
  8. sexualizers
  9. sexualizes
  10. sexualizing
  11. sexually

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sexualized (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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