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feminization

English

Alternative forms

  • feminisation

Etymology

From feminize +? -ation

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?fem?n??ze???n/

Noun

feminization (plural feminizations)

  1. The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.
  2. (biology) The development of female sex characteristics.

Synonyms

  • femalization

Antonyms

  • masculinization, masculinisation
  • masculization, masculisation

Derived terms

  • hyperfeminization
  • overfeminization
  • refeminization

Translations

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feminizer

English

Etymology

feminize +? -er

Noun

feminizer (plural feminizers)

  1. One who or that which feminizes.
    • 1910, The Sewanee Review (volume 18, page 307)
      Yet the feminizers of American life, and more particularly those feminizers of the polls who seek to confer the franchise upon women, harp upon the idea that the female was in some remote past a dominant factor in organic life.
  2. (biology) Any substance that causes feminization.

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