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whorification

whorification noun: the process of coming to regard somebody as a whore, or as sexually promiscuous.

Noun

whorification (uncountable)

  1. The process of coming to regard somebody as a whore, or as sexually promiscuous.
    • At the heart of the whorification of women lies an uneasy recognition: that sexually woman is a potent, living and breathing figure. She is powerful in that she can function as a catalyst of male desire and sinful aggression.2013, Jason D. Hill, Civil Disobedience and the Politics of Identity, page 66

Origin of whorification

From whore + -ification.

Questions about whorification

What does whorification mean?
Whorification means the process of coming to regard somebody as a whore, or as sexually promiscuous.
What part of speech is whorification?
Whorification is a noun.

Words near whorification in the dictionary

  1. Whorfian
  2. Whorfianism
  3. Whorfs
  4. whorier
  5. whoriest
  6. whorification
  7. whorify
  8. whorin'
  9. whoring
  10. whoring after
  11. whoring around

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