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masculinize
(mas¦cu¦lin|ize)
Pronunciation:
/ˈmaskjəlɪnʌɪz/
(also
masculinise
)
verb
[
with object
]
induce male physiological characteristics in:
male sex steroids masculinize female hyenas
make (someone or something) masculine in nature or appearance:
what feminism did was not to masculinize women but to ultra-feminize them
Derivatives
masculinization
noun
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