masculinize

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masculinize

verb masculinizes · masculinizing · masculinized · masculinise

  1. transitive To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics. Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair.

    Similar: manify, masculize

Opposite: feminize

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verb

Opposite: feminize

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verb make (more) masculine

Españolmasculinizar
한국어남성화(男性化)하다 namseonghwahada
中文男性化 nánxìnghuà
Portuguêsmasculinizar
Françaismasculiniser
Deutschvermännlichen, maskulinisieren
Italianomascolinizzare

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@misc{masculinize_2026,
  title = {masculinize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/masculinize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}