emasculation
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See also: émasculation
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
emasculation (countable and uncountable, plural emasculations)
- (medicine) The removal of the penis, testicles, and scrotum of (a male person or animal).
- The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigour or effectiveness.
- The authoritarian regime oversaw the total emasculation of the country's judiciary.
Hypernyms
- (total removal of male genitalia): castration
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Translations
castration
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deprived of vigor
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