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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

femalize en · VERB

Etymology

From female + -ize.

Meanings

  1. To render, or to describe as, female or feminine.
    • It is worth noting that femalizing an original manga or anime male character to recreate a male ‒ male couple is regarded as common practice in yaoi. 2022, Amanda Sikarskie, Lan Lan, Peng Liu, Male Idols and Branding in Chinese Luxury:
    • the young masters of the other femalized virtues 1711, [Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury], Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
femalizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
femalizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
femalized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
femalized Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

femalization

Synonyms

feminize