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emasculate
[ih-mas-kyuh-leyt, ih-mas-kyuh-lit, -leyt]
verb (used with object)
to deprive of strength; weaken.
The law was emasculated by its opponents, making it largely ineffective by the time it was passed.
Synonyms: , , ,to make (a man) feel less masculine.
Though some men might feel emasculated not making an income, I'm very happy as a stay-at-home father.
to remove the testicles of; castrate.
adjective
deprived of or lacking strength or vigor; effeminate.
emasculate
verb
to remove the testicles of; castrate; geld
to deprive of vigour, effectiveness, etc
botany to remove the stamens from (a flower) to prevent self-pollination for the purposes of plant breeding
adjective
castrated; gelded
deprived of strength, effectiveness, etc
Other 51Թ Forms
- emasculation noun
- emasculative adjective
- emasculator noun
- emasculatory adjective
- self-emasculation noun
- unemasculated adjective
- unemasculative adjective
- unemasculatory adjective
- ˈܱپ adjective
- ˌˈپDz noun
- ˈˌٴǰ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of emasculate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of emasculate1
Example Sentences
Adrift and emasculated, Stan is less a patriarch than the defeated captain of a sinking ship, drowning in his futility.
But that caveat is drowned out by the hyperbolic and highly gendered language that frames empathy as emasculating.
In fact, I think those gendered stereotypes — Americans as virile and manly; Europeans as emasculated or effeminate — go back much further than that, and were inhaled by nearly all American men of Trump’s generation.
Soon other TheoBros jumped in, declaring "We need Christian men leading the fight against abortion," arguing that women's suffrage was a mistake, and accusing Hawkins of emasculating her husband by being "busy jet-setting."
Zuckerberg may now see those efforts to address work-life balance and inclusivity as emasculating and "woke," but it's not about gender.
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