desexualize meaning

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

Spelling: desexualise (British) · desexualize (American)

desexualize has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

desexualize as a verb

  1. direct one's libidinous urges into another direction

    Synonyms: desexualise

    Type of: sublimate

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

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

    Type of: operate on

    Kinds: alter, emasculate, vasectomize

Scrabble score: 28 (letter breakdown)

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

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