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English
Etymology
From masculinize + -ation.
Noun
masculinization (countable and uncountable, plural masculinizations)
- The act of rendering someone or something masculine.
- Synonym: virilization
- Antonym: feminization
2012, Alan F. Dixson, Primate Sexuality:A pseudohermaphroditic infant female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) showing masculinization of the external genitalia as a result of exposure to testosterone propionate during foetal development.
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