desexualise meaning

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desexualise (verb): direct one's libidinous urges into another direction.

Spelling: desexualise (British) · desexualize (American)

desexualise has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

desexualise as a verb

  1. direct one's libidinous urges into another direction

    Synonyms: desexualize

    Type of: sublimate

  2. make infertile
    • in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized

    Synonyms: sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, fix

    Type of: operate on

    Kinds: alter, emasculate, vasectomize

Word lists: words starting with DE · words ending in SE · 11-letter words

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