51³Ō¹Ļ

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feminize

especially British, “ڱš³¾Ā·¾±Ā·²Ō¾±²õ±š

[fem-uh-nahyz]

verb (used with or without object)

feminized, feminizing 
  1. to make or become feminine.



feminize

/ ˈ“ŚÉ›³¾ÉŖĖŒ²Ō²¹ÉŖ³ś /

verb

  1. to make or become feminine

  2. to cause (a male animal) to develop female characteristics

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • feminization noun
  • defeminization noun
  • defeminize verb (used with object)
  • overfeminize verb
  • unfeminize verb (used with object)
  • ˌ“ڱ𳾾±²Ō¾±Ėˆ³ś²¹³Ł¾±“Ē²Ō noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of feminize1

1645–55; < Latin “ŚÅ§³¾¾±²Ō ( a ) woman + -ize
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In the new age of manliness, sensitivity is feminizing.

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But it's feeding off a recent trend, fed by predatory social media influencers, that conflates masculinity with punishing self-discipline, the kind that rejects all pleasure and comfort as a feminizing — and thereby evil — force.

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Instrumental in feminizing the occupation, Beecher argued that pious young women should be the ones to do the moral work of teaching — in no small part because they provided cheap labor.

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When Carlson talks about ā€œtelling the truthā€ about the world, one thing he means is how white working-class men have been disrespected by the feminized elites.

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ā€œAnd basically, when you grow cannabis for flower, you want them to be the female plants, so we’d encourage you to purchase female seeds — they’re called ā€˜feminized’ seeds.ā€

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