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sexualize
[ sek-shoo-uh-lahyzor, especially British, seks-yoo- ]
verb (used with object)
- to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
sexualize
/ ˈɛʊəˌɪ /
verb
- to make or become sexual or sexually aware
- to give or acquire sexual associations
Derived Forms
- ˌܲˈپDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·····پDz [sek-shoo-, uh, -lahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n, seks-yoo-] especially British, ·····پDz noun
- ···· especially British, ···· verb (used with object) desexualized desexualizing or (especially British) desexualised desexualising
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sexualize1
Example Sentences
Gilbert, a staff writer at the Atlantic, meticulously documents the explosion of highly sexualized content in mainstream American culture.
The latter is partly crafted to appeal to men, with its heavily sexualized fantasies of a woman devoted to domestic servitude.
Trump officials and supporters flip that analysis, saying that families and students have been harmed by a radical left-wing agenda — one that also prematurely sexualizes children and indoctrinates them to change their gender.
In her opener, Greene also cited a 2015 “Frontline” documentary that followed transgender kids and their families, making the vile suggestion of it being evidence of public television allegedly “sexualizing and grooming children.”
In 2022, she opened up about feeling sexualized at a young age and the backlash she faced for wearing a lower-cut gown to an awards show.
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