masculinize

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Verb

masculinize (masculinizes, present participle masculinizing; past and past participle masculinized)

1. (transitive) To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics.
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     Impersonality always masculinizes a woman.

Synonyms

• masculize (rare)

Antonyms

• feminize

Translations

• French: masculiniser
• German: vermännlichen, maskulinisieren
• Italian: mascolinizzare
• Portuguese: masculinizar
• Spanish: masculinizar

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